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i donât know⌠thereâs alot floating around out there suggesting that the fbi really screwed up on this one, and it isnât north korea thatâs responsible.
"Candy Crowley asked the president if the hacks carried out by North Korea were an âact of warâ
Dear Lord.
Against whom- Japan? A multinational corporation? One of its subsidiaries?
Now, if we were talking about StuxnetâŚ
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Yeah, thereâs also a lot floating around that says 9-11 was an inside job.
Some people love to stir shit up.
âAn act of warâ is so much sexier than the realization that Sony doesnât have the necessary programs to protect against cyber hacks.
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It may well be a âwarâ on Sony but the US Government is not in the business of defending foreign corporations against cyber attacks. Where was the outrage when my credit card info was stolen from Home Depot, forcing the CC company to close my account and issue a new card? Fortunately the card company caught someone trying to buy shoes in Calif while I was gassing the car in Pa thus putting an end to this.
Unfortunately, thanks to the efforts of the Koch brothers, there are too many RW congress critters who have been bought and paid for so they can DEMAND that we go to war in the name of protecting corporations. Why do you think Grampy Insane and Mizz Lindsey want us to go back to Iraq? Hereâs a hint: âHonorâ has nothing at all to do with it!
To be honest, Iâm having trouble buying the âNK did itâ meme. I just donât think they are sophisticated enough for a gambit like this. These hackers were cherry picking all over the place. Extensive knowledge of major players. Now Russia, thatâs a horse of a different color.
NK Is good at spouting smack, but when it comes time to deliver, they fail. They saber rattle like a champ but have any of their threats materialized? Have they been successful at any of their attempts? Maybe someone can provide some examples.
Any leader worth his salt who thinks hanging out with Dennis Rodman is cool, does not inspire confidence in his brain power. Dennis, to put it mildly, is a few bricks short of a full load.
Iâm reminded of a demonstration NBC put on TV just before the Olympics were to begin. They had a tech specialist show one of the journalists what happens when you go Russia. They used a couple of dummy units - smartphone and laptop. They were in a hotel room. As soon as either unit was turned on, hackers were on the case. It didnât take days or hours, just minutes. The tech guy showed what was taking place as the hacking started. The message was very clear. Be extremely careful if you were going to be over there for the Olympics as well as any other time.
True - and Candy Crowley is just doing her usual promotion of John McCainâs indignation and itch for war.
The way N. Korea is responding indicates they were indeed responsible for this hack. They even offered to work with America to find the hackers but at the same time THREATENED us with very dire consequences if we chose not to cooperate with them in the investigation. What does that sound like to you? To me thatâs bully language from a party caught in the act. This hack is cyber terrorism and I think it should be dealt with in like kind. They wish to deny us freedom of expression, one of our founding principles. We should deny them worship of the Dear Leader.
Whereâs this global muscularity our state-like megaglomerates are supposed to possess? This 3 Stooge pie fight between Hollywood, the DPRK and the CIA smellsâŚPerhaps a statesman like Dennis Rodman could intervene?