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Re: The Backhoe: A Real Cyberthreat?
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:54:32 -0500
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:05:57AM -0600, Dennis Dayman wrote:
"In 2004, Department of Homeland Security officials became fearful that terrorists might start using accidental dig-ups as a road map for deliberate attacks, and convinced the FCC to begin locking up previously public data on outages. In a commission filing, DHS argued successfully that revealing the details..." --MORE-- http://wired.com/news/technology/0,70040-0.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 -Dennis
My observation is that attempts to wield backhoes in a correct manner yield enough of a cyberthreat [the "Serbian Backhoe Brothers" team has visited us enough times for us to be justifiably paranoid]. On the other hand, it's quite possible that attempts to deliberately cut fiber might be exactly as successful as attempts to avoid fiber, and we have nothing to worry about in terms of deliberate sabotage. -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.
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