Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Abandoned 5.5 Ton Anchor Found Near Damaged Fiber Optic Cable
February 9th, 2008Magic Anchor theories are already swirling around the blathersphere. Rather than wasting any more words on this, speculating about what went on in Davy Jones’ Locker, I put together an image for all Magic Anchor theorists to consider. Have a nice day. Via: AP: An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea […]
Problems with Five Undersea Fiber Optic Cables
February 6th, 2008It’s a definite WTF moment. Via: Khaleej Times: A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran […]
NSA to Monitor Computer Networks of All Federal Agencies
February 6th, 2008Via: Washington Post: President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community’s role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies’ computer systems. The directive, whose content is classified, authorizes the intelligence agencies, in particular the National Security Agency, to monitor the computer networks of […]
The “No Internet in Iran” Story is Bullcrap, but that Didn’t Stop 17 People from Submitting it
February 4th, 2008I don’t expect people to know much about computers, but the story about Iran having no Internet access is complete nonsense. It scares the living crap out of me that so many Cryptogon readers are propagating this nonsense without even trying to verify whether or not the story is true. (In fairness, one Cryptogon reader […]
Third Undersea Internet Cable Cut in Mideast
February 2nd, 2008I spent some time this evening trying to get a better idea of what this information warfare campaign is all about. (Anyone who tells you that this is some sort of fluke is a f*@$^!& idiot, and that’s being kind.) Remember the Iranian Oil Bourse? This is from January 4, 2008: Iran Oil Bourse to […]
Cut Fiber: Internet Services in India and Egypt Disrupted
January 30th, 2008Via: Reuters: A breakdown in an international undersea cable network badly disrupted Internet links to India and Egypt on Wednesday. Egypt’s Telecommunications Ministry said a communications cable in the Mediterranean was cut, disrupting 70 percent of the country’s Internet network. The ministry said in a statement it was not known how the cable was cut […]
Hackers Cut Cities’ Power
January 19th, 2008The spook’s moving lips tell us nothing we don’t already know, so… What is the spook really trying to tell us? Via: Forbes: Cyber-security experts have long warned of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power, transportation and water systems to malicious hackers. Friday, those warnings quietly became a reality: Tom Donahue, a CIA official, […]
US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Building Biometric Database
January 15th, 2008This article expands on points touched on in FBI Prepares Vast Biometrics Database. Of course, there’s still no mention of the fact that the states involved make up the ECHELON club. A couple of interesting notes: Northrop Grumman built the systems that comprise the UK’s biometric fusion center known as IDENT1. Also, a future database […]
Mexico’s Pemex Stopping U.S. West Coast Oil Exports
January 11th, 2008Via: Reuters: Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex will stop shipping crude oil to the U.S. West Coast from February due in part to a shortage of infrastructure at Salina Cruz port, the company said on Wednesday. Pemex was only shipping a tiny 20,000 barrels per day of oil to the U.S. Pacific coast out of […]
Dozens Injured as Boy Wreaks Havoc by Playing Trains with City’s Trams
January 11th, 2008“Holy shit. It’ll be like a modern, Apocalyptic mashup of the olden days with Captain Crunch and his handy 2600hz whistle, or, more recently with Adrian Lamo with his old Toshiba laptop (missing keys) and his web browser. These are the real poster children of the asymmetric revolution. The question is, will the kids who […]
