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more about #cybersecurity more comments → danger the pirate: one of many reasons why i have a router behind my time-warner modem. #timewarnerexposedrouters more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: This isn't a solution, it's just a way to expand wars to other areas. You do this, we do this, you try this, we try this, etc. Let's not forget that... more » Complexified: Since when is India considered an 'enemy'? more » frigg: How would an attack target only guerilla armies or enemy cells without disrupting allies who rely on the same infrastructure? more » drewheyman: battles were fought before the advent of cell phones and technology networks. Somehow, I don't think this will have quite the effect they are hoping for. more » Nightsd01: It is well known that China already has an elite hacker force, which frequently attacks and hacks pentagon and other defense systems' computer network... more » Curves: I like the idea. An ounce of prevention is worth a mega-ton of nuclear cure. more » Bertone77: HACK THE PLANET! more » Rabid Penguin: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses Yearning to breathe free And I will hold them to my bosom And explain to them my plea. I will end ... more » svgjjc: here from the Senator who wrote this bill: ""The Internet is a "fearsome awesome problem" and it would have been better if it had never been invented... more » Seiven: Partisan politics aside...I don't want anyone to have a magic button that shuts ANY of my shit off. Have you read the fine print on FCC labels on just... more » superberg: BUT HE'S A COMMIE NAZI THAT WANTS TO ABORT ALL THE BABY JESUSES!!!!!! more » SkippyTheMarine: I was going to throw my two cents into this debate, but then, after reading all of the comments, I realized that it would be an act of futility. Thos... more » Russell Lynn: I am happy to hear it was "softened", but saying it was NOT TRUE is a lie, it was true until they changed it. Just like there was an ambiguous section... more » waltcoleman: I wonder how the complete psychopaths on the left (9-11 was an inside job, Bush stole 2 elections, Bush is stealing oil in Iraq, Cheney is hiding Bin ... more » -
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65,000 Time Warner Customers Exposed To Remote Hacks
A vulnerability in their modems and routers has left 65,000 Time Warner customers vulnerable to having their admin menus remotely accessed by evil-doers. Time Warner says they're aware of, and working on the issue as we type.Updated. More » -
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Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs
Efforts to drag our military's cybersecurity into the 21st century are well underway, but John Arquilla, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, wants more: A preemptive international hacker force, which would cripple enemies before they even become a problem. More » -
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President Obama Isn't Really Trying to Take Over the Internet
It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath the digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn't true. More » -
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Bill Would Give The President Control Of The Internet During a "Cybersecurity Emergency"
A revised version of a bill first introduced in the Senate this past spring would give the President power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a "cybersecurity emergency." More » -
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Obama Administration Adds Renowned Hacker to Homeland Security Advisory Council
Jeff Moss, who you may know as the founder of the hacking conference DefCon, was sworn in yesterday as one of the new members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. And we think it's a shrewd and thoughtful move. More » -
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Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
After unidentified hackers made away with untold amounts of protected data on a highly-classified fighter jet project, the Pentagon decided to step up their cybersecurity. The first step? Creating the badass-sounding Cyber Command. More »
