If what you state is true regarding Stratfor's business, and I believe it is, then that brings up another question, was it really Anonymous that did this or someone else that didn't like "information that is inconvenient for the US government and it's allies" which, along with the charity fiasco, would ramp up the ire of the average Angry Bird player out there and give Carte blanche for the media to obfuscate the information war.
By the way kudos to George Friedman emailing his clients quickly with (relative) full disclosure, that a bit more character than the usual we see out there (right Commodo?)
200 GB of data moving off their network didn't attract attention? I guess Global Intelligence in this case is an oxymoron. So it's a for profit Intel company that feeds other corps so that they can better plan their financial moves around World issues, along with "other things".
Some clients: AEG Partners LLC FOX news AIG Financial Products American Airlines American Express Blackwater Security Consulting Wells Fargo Investments
Yes "they started it" doesn't mean/. has to become actively involved, passive involvement via educational articles and reasonable discussion is preferred as it has become clear these are powerful and unethical people, not the kind of people you want working against you.
I would prefer/. survive and live a longtime, not go out in a blaze of glory waving the angry flag.
We just beat this guy up a few days ago and maybe he should have to do a year long stint as a sysadmin for a large corporation full of people taking his current point of view before writing again, or maybe he is being controversial on purpose to drive readership.
That said, he does have some merit in the idea of using your own apps for presentations and such with no requirement on the back end, in this one narrow area I support his thinking as (IMO) it leads away from the standard Microsoft model of Windows + Office and that's a good thing, get weened off the M$ teet.
An example of this was a project I was given at a local college to replace slide projectors with a photo archive + scanning, My solution was a Linux based platform running Gallery 2 photo software, the opposing solution was a $40k Windows package and that was without the support included. So my solution = hardware cost with no licensing charges or other soft cost and a tidy support package that was affordable, the solution that won was of course the $40k package.
The reasoning? The dean of IT felt that we were teaching people real world skills and that meant using Windows, IT's complaint was "We don't know Linux".
Slashdot should stay out of politics which is what this is, it's OK to report on what's happening with SOPA. but linking to a list for response to SOPA and encouraging members to get active against it is political, just stay out of that portion of this fiasco.
I think most of us (except the Christian elephant hunters) are capable of making good choices here.
Maybe we will get realistic numbers from these "hacking" events, now we will get what the insurance companies will actually cover which may be in line with actual losses rather than the exaggerated loss propaganda we usually hear about.
1889: AT&T becomes the overall holding company for all the Bell companies.
30 December 1899: American Bell Telephone Company is purchased by its own long-distance subsidiary, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) to bypass state regulations limiting capitalization. AT&T assumes leadership role of the Bell System.
1995 Southwestern Bell Corp. became SBC Communications
2000 Bell Atlantic — (acquired GTE in 2000 and changed its name to Verizon)
January 31, 2005, SBC announced that it would purchase AT&T Corporation
October 31, 2005 the Federal Communications Commission approved it
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the new AT&T's acquisition of a regional Bell Operating Company, BellSouth
June 29, 2007 AT&T announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase Dobson Cellular, which provided services in the US under the name Cellular One in primarily rural areas
"All passengers waiting to check in speak to a polyglot agent. The agents, most of whom are female, ask a series of questions, looking for nerves or inconsistent statements. While the vast majority of travelers pass the question and answer session and have a pretty easy time going through security"
This method requires competence on the part of the interrogator though, so in effect that leaves out TSA employees.
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Nothing beats Amazons 3 wolves T-shirt reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Short-Sleeve-Black/dp/B000NZW3KC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324914078&sr=8-1
If this is related to the "space ball" that landed in Namibia.
Tell that to Hendrix.
Leave Adrian Lamo out of this *chortle*
If what you state is true regarding Stratfor's business, and I believe it is, then that brings up another question, was it really Anonymous that did this or someone else that didn't like "information that is inconvenient for the US government and it's allies" which, along with the charity fiasco, would ramp up the ire of the average Angry Bird player out there and give Carte blanche for the media to obfuscate the information war.
By the way kudos to George Friedman emailing his clients quickly with (relative) full disclosure, that a bit more character than the usual we see out there (right Commodo?)
You forgot Festivus.
You sound worried, why don't you shut off your computer and go enjoy the holidays.
Yet you posted as "anonymous coward" how.... what's the word I want here...
200 GB of data moving off their network didn't attract attention? I guess Global Intelligence in this case is an oxymoron.
So it's a for profit Intel company that feeds other corps so that they can better plan their financial moves around World issues, along with "other things".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Friedman
Full Client list: http://pastebin.com/8MtFze0s over 20k hits
Some clients:
AEG Partners LLC
FOX news
AIG Financial Products
American Airlines
American Express
Blackwater Security Consulting
Wells Fargo Investments
Yawn.
Yes "they started it" doesn't mean /. has to become actively involved, passive involvement via educational articles and reasonable discussion is preferred as it has become clear these are powerful and unethical people, not the kind of people you want working against you.
I would prefer /. survive and live a longtime, not go out in a blaze of glory waving the angry flag.
But his title says "smart user".
Never underestimate the vindictiveness of an angery BOFH.
Meh I didn't word that well, the pressure of quick post has gotten to me.
We just beat this guy up a few days ago and maybe he should have to do a year long stint as a sysadmin for a large corporation full of people taking his current point of view before writing again, or maybe he is being controversial on purpose to drive readership.
That said, he does have some merit in the idea of using your own apps for presentations and such with no requirement on the back end, in this one narrow area I support his thinking as (IMO) it leads away from the standard Microsoft model of Windows + Office and that's a good thing, get weened off the M$ teet.
An example of this was a project I was given at a local college to replace slide projectors with a photo archive + scanning, My solution was a Linux based platform running Gallery 2 photo software, the opposing solution was a $40k Windows package and that was without the support included.
So my solution = hardware cost with no licensing charges or other soft cost and a tidy support package that was affordable, the solution that won was of course the $40k package.
The reasoning? The dean of IT felt that we were teaching people real world skills and that meant using Windows, IT's complaint was "We don't know Linux".
I guess there is no trickle down porn for terrorist.
I'm pretty sure if someone shit in your mouth you would be hurt, at least by the influx of E. coli if not emotionally.
Go ahead and try it.
Slashdot should stay out of politics which is what this is, it's OK to report on what's happening with SOPA. but linking to a list for response to SOPA and encouraging members to get active against it is political, just stay out of that portion of this fiasco.
I think most of us (except the Christian elephant hunters) are capable of making good choices here.
Or not truly incognito.
According tot he law it isn't "theft" it's copyright violation, now back under your bridge troll...
OK wow... that was poorly written but you get the gist right?
Maybe we will get realistic numbers from these "hacking" events, now we will get what the insurance companies will actually cover which may be in line with actual losses rather than the exaggerated loss propaganda we usually hear about.
That takes too much time and won't fit in a twitter post.
GMO cow
1889: AT&T becomes the overall holding company for all the Bell companies.
30 December 1899: American Bell Telephone Company is purchased by its own long-distance subsidiary, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) to bypass state regulations limiting capitalization. AT&T assumes leadership role of the Bell System.
1974 Bell System Divesture (Collapse of a monopoly)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture
1995 Southwestern Bell Corp. became SBC Communications
2000 Bell Atlantic — (acquired GTE in 2000 and changed its name to Verizon)
January 31, 2005, SBC announced that it would purchase AT&T Corporation
October 31, 2005 the Federal Communications Commission approved it
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the new AT&T's acquisition of a regional Bell Operating Company, BellSouth
June 29, 2007 AT&T announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase Dobson Cellular, which provided services in the US under the name Cellular One in primarily rural areas
2011 acquisition of Qualcom
Broken apart and then reassembled.
Nope this is America they will just increase the penalty for this sort of thing and/or legislate it away.
Israels airport security has not been breached since the 70's
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/whats_so_great_about_israeli_security.html
"All passengers waiting to check in speak to a polyglot agent. The agents, most of whom are female, ask a series of questions, looking for nerves or inconsistent statements. While the vast majority of travelers pass the question and answer session and have a pretty easy time going through security"
This method requires competence on the part of the interrogator though, so in effect that leaves out TSA employees.