Pentagon Launching 40 Cyberattack Teams

[green73]

The Pentagon’s Cyber Command will create 40 offensive cyber-teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks and assist combat commands as they plan offensive capabilities, Gen. Keith Alexander testified to Congress on Tuesday.

The new teams are part of a broader government effort to shield the nation from destructive attacks over the Internet that could harm Wall Street or knock out electric power, for instance.

Some teams are already in place, he said, to focus on “the most serious threats,” which he did not identify.

But Alexander warned that budget cuts will undermine the effort to build up these forces even as foreign threats to the nation’s critical computer systems intensify. And he urged Congress to pass legislation to enable the private sector to share computer threat data with the government without fear of being sued.

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[TokenLibertarianGuy]

Team 1 (based out of Minneapolis):

http://i.imgur.com/RxuS8Kx.png

Team 2:

http://www.dirtybutton.com/media/db2405-fat-loser.jpg

Team 3:

http://psychedelicdungeon.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/computer_nerd11.jpg

[green73]

Surely, that's Danke in the first pic.

[TokenLibertarianGuy]

Surely, that's Danke in the first pic.

Did the good looks and sparkling personality give it away?

[green73]

Did the good looks and sparkling personality give it away?

LOL at the edit--nice photoshop!

[TokenLibertarianGuy]

LOL at the edit--nice photosshopMS Paintjob!

FTFY

[green73]

FTFY


You know, with Gimp, you could have done that proper...

[TokenLibertarianGuy]

You know, with Gimp, you could have done that proper...

I could have opened photoshop and done it properly, but that's too much effort to put into Danke.

[Natural Citizen]

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Seems like more fear porn from your friendly neighborhood cyber security industrial complex. The more realistic threats seem like dirty booms and whatnot. Unfortunately the sheep do love the fear porn.

[Occam's Banana]

I guess it's only "cyber-terrorism" when someone else does it ...


And he urged Congress to pass legislation to enable the private sector to share computer threat data with the government without fear of being sued.

Yeah, right. They just want a way to get their hands on private data that they would otherwise have to get a warrant for.

IOW: private-sector "sharing enablement" = euphemism for "warrantless searches"

[HOLLYWOOD]

I guess it's only "cyber-terrorism" when someone else does it ...



Yeah, right. They just want a way to get their hands on private data that they would otherwise have to get a warrant for.

IOW: private-sector "sharing enablement" = euphemism for "warrantless searches"Exactly, another way for Fascism to invade, intercept, and control every person's electronic information.

I sure it's all contained in the latest Congressman Mike Rogers CISPA Bill.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

I guess it's only "cyber-terrorism" when someone else does it ...



Yeah, right. They just want a way to get their hands on private data that they would otherwise have to get a warrant for.

IOW: private-sector "sharing enablement" = euphemism for "warrantless searches"



They're already doing it anyway. First they do it, then they take a shot at making it legal.


They're pulling all the data streams anyway... probably just not smart enough to make it as useful as they'd like.