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The Code War Arms Race

Posted by Soulskill on from the mr-gorbachev-tear-down-this-firewall dept.

pacopico writes "A story in Bloomberg Businessweek gives the first in-depth look at a wave of new start-ups selling cyber weaponry. The story describes this as the evolution of the defense industry in response to a wave of brazen attacks against Google, the Pentagon, the IMF and thousands of companies. It's pretty scary stuff, especially considering that these new weapons are not regulated at all."

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  1. Re:Cyber Weaponry? by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? Good god, slashdot.

    Your cyber disgust has been cyber recorded for further cyber review.

  2. Re:The difference by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Find me a US general with just one of those traits.

    Arnold (before he turned traitor at the behest of his Tory girlfriend)
    Lee (before he fought for the Confederates - see also the Mexican-American War)
    Sherman
    Grant
    Roosevelt (Theodore, not Franklin)
    Pershing
    Patton
    Bradley
    Eisenhower
    MacArthur

    ...the lineup kind of craps out after Korea (esp. w/ Westmoreland), though Schwartzkopf got pretty creative back in 1991 (though to be fair he was facing a pretty crap army).

    Long story short, well... your point doesn't stand.

    /P (who, as a USAF veteran, is wondering why the hell he's defending the frickin' *army*...)

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