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CIA OVERSEEING INTERNET WAR GAMES

The CIA is conducting a secretive war game, dubbed "Silent Horizon," This week to practice defending against an electronic assault on the same scale as the September 11 terrorism attacks. Ref. Source

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How on earth could you scale an internet attack on the same scale as the september 11th attacks? I commend the mock attack so that they can know where their weak points are at and brainstorm on how to plug them up. But three thousand lives where lost in the world trade building, how can that be replicated on the web? How can they possibly think that an amount of life to that extent can be lost because of a web attack?

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US cybersecurity 'embarrassing'

As President Obama prepares to go public with his review of cyber security, industry experts weigh in with criticisms. Ref. Source 7

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FBI hit by virus

Law enforcement computers have been struck by a mystery computer virus, forcing the FBI and the US Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution. Ref. Source 8

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US cyber-security tsar steps down

The White House's acting cyber-security czar resigns from her post, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ref. Source 9

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Well, it appears that the administration has a plan to deal with a cybersecurity threat. Obama will have the power to turn off any parts of the internet that he wants.

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

So, not only will he have the authority to turn off the internet, only people trained and approved by the administration will have access to the "important" parts of it. I wonder what parts those will be. Perhaps they will be the circuits used for banks to talk to each other. Maybe they will include industrial WANs.

I also wonder what parts of the internet will be targeted for shutdown. We have been hearing how conservative blogs, talk show hosts, and people who show up for town-hall meetings are "brown shirts" and how they are carrying swastikas. Various leftists have also described conservative Christians as "domestic terrorists". Is it too much of a stretch to imagine that "the One" might decide to turn off all the conservative blogs? With his control of the airwaves assured with his new czar in the FCC, if he were to shut down the internet, he would control all the forms of communication.

Edited: Nighthawk on 29th Aug, 2009 - 12:51pm

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US lifts lid on cyberwarfare plan

The White House lifts the lid on a secret plan outlining how the government will protect US networks from cyber warfare. Ref. Source 9

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Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet:

Networks have been under attack -- and successfully handled by operators -- as long as they've been around. Be wary of calls for more government supervision of the Internet. Ref. Source 1