Re: Australia: Army Expects 'Suicide Hacker' Attacks

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Fergie wrote:

> Via ZDnet Australia.
>
> [snip]
>
> Australia is preparing for cyber-terrorism attacks from "suicide
> hackers", who will aim to bring down critical infrastructure for a
> "cause" and not worry about facing 30 years in jail for their actions.
>
> So far there have been no major acts of cyber-terrorism -- where
> hackers take down parts of the critical infrastructure by breaking into
> power, water, transport or even air traffic control systems -- but the
> subject has been discussed a great deal.
>
> On Tuesday, Colonel Paul Straughair, the director of network centric
> warfare at the Australian Army and part of the Australian Department of
> Defence, said he saw "no logical reason" why suicide hackers would not
> strike in the future.
 
I boggle at the thought of suicide hackers. What do they do, grope around 
inside their CRT monitor?

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