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Dangerous ramblings from Malone
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:02:28 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: July 10, 2009 12:14:32 PM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Dangerous ramblings from Malone This commentary: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Technology/story?id=8045546&page=1by Michael S. Malone is one of the more irresponsible and even potentially
dangerous that I've seen from any mainstream technology columnists in quite some time. By suggesting that the U.S. use Internet disruption techniques in response to "cyber attacks," he is in fact endorsing the "Crack in the World" school of technology ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAU12PiW4NA ). That is, even when the potential risks are catastrophic, fire the missile anyway. Even worse, Malone seems so sure that he knows where to point his bomb-laden missiles. But in reality, despite his obvious confidence that North Korea's leaders are responsible, calmer heads know that it's virtually impossible to pin down operational command responsibility for these sorts of attacks in most cases. But here's the real kicker from Malone: "Yeah, right. As if all of those millions of middle-class teenaged private owners of broadband connected laptops all over that electricity black hole called the People's Republic of North Korea spontaneously decided to hack the Web sites of another country's government and largest corporations." Say what? Malone *must* know that attacks of this kind can indeed be triggered by a single botnet-commanding teenager anywhere in the world, and use contaminated PCs anywhere on the planet to try shift the blame. So we have to assume that Malone is ignoring these facts intentionally to prop up his railing against North Korea. Cyber-warmongering such as that from Malone is unwise, unhelpful, and in the final analysis, both dangerous and dumb. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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