mrichhcirm
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At first I thought it was just a stunt to promote what is probably a mediocre movie (never really cared for Judd Apatow movies anyway). But apparently the hacker threat is being taken really seriously.
On the one hand, this looks like a serious hostile strike by a foreign power against US commercial interests, not unlike capturing cargo ships on the high seas....dare we say an act of war.
On the other hand, this could be a blessing in disguise: a wake-up call that our economy is vulnerable to cyber-warfare. You can bet that the government and private sector just started paying a lot more attention to data security.
I'm struggling to believe, though, that a country that can't even apply modern agricultural methods to feed its people can carry out an attack like that without help. And even if they were capable, they would know better than to flaunt that capability over a stupid movie. No, I believe they got outside assistance from somewhere...maybe from someone trying to test our defenses against such an attack. Maybe even from "white-hat" hackers trying to get the US to take cyber warfare threats seriously, or possibly cash in as a security consultant.
Anyone else want to weigh in?
On the one hand, this looks like a serious hostile strike by a foreign power against US commercial interests, not unlike capturing cargo ships on the high seas....dare we say an act of war.
On the other hand, this could be a blessing in disguise: a wake-up call that our economy is vulnerable to cyber-warfare. You can bet that the government and private sector just started paying a lot more attention to data security.
I'm struggling to believe, though, that a country that can't even apply modern agricultural methods to feed its people can carry out an attack like that without help. And even if they were capable, they would know better than to flaunt that capability over a stupid movie. No, I believe they got outside assistance from somewhere...maybe from someone trying to test our defenses against such an attack. Maybe even from "white-hat" hackers trying to get the US to take cyber warfare threats seriously, or possibly cash in as a security consultant.
Anyone else want to weigh in?