Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
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 […]
New Power Meters in California Can Ration, or Cut Off Electricity by Remote Control
January 8th, 2008The Nanny State, for-the-children, technocratic control grid thermostat story doesn’t seem so bad, compared to the story below about the “new” new power meters that are being rolled out in California. The state is actually making asymmetric warfare much easier for those who will eventually try to fight. There will be a window of opportunity […]
California to Set Thermostats via Remote Control
January 6th, 2008What could possibly go wrong? For example, hackers will never figure out how to take control of these systems. Oh no. That won’t happen. * chuckle * Via: American Thinker: In the proposed revisions to Title 24 is the requirement for what is called a “programmable communicating thermostat” or PCT. Every new home and every […]
