Homeland Security stages mock attacks on US computers
Posted: February 14th, 2006, 2:21 am
Doreen, I wonder if this had anything to do with what happened here at S8 ...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0213/dailyUpdate.html
posted February 13, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
'Cyberstorm' tests computer defenses
Homeland Security stages mock attacks on US computers.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
In the first test of its kind, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) staged a mock government-led cyberattack, called Cyberstorm, to test the defenses of both government agencies and leading private sector organizations. IDG News Service, the news service of publications PCWorld, MacWorld, and InfoWorld, reports that the test was carried out in early February with the help of 115 organizations in the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. DHS called the event a "significant milestone."
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The Associated Press reports that the attack not only dealt with possible attacks by hackers, but also simulated how to deal with bloggers who were intentionally spreading misinformation about an attack.
Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose "Web logs" include political rantings and musings about current events.
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You're not a blog ~ but ...
Ummm, makes me wonder
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0213/dailyUpdate.html
posted February 13, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
'Cyberstorm' tests computer defenses
Homeland Security stages mock attacks on US computers.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
In the first test of its kind, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) staged a mock government-led cyberattack, called Cyberstorm, to test the defenses of both government agencies and leading private sector organizations. IDG News Service, the news service of publications PCWorld, MacWorld, and InfoWorld, reports that the test was carried out in early February with the help of 115 organizations in the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. DHS called the event a "significant milestone."
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The Associated Press reports that the attack not only dealt with possible attacks by hackers, but also simulated how to deal with bloggers who were intentionally spreading misinformation about an attack.
Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose "Web logs" include political rantings and musings about current events.
---end excerpt
You're not a blog ~ but ...
Ummm, makes me wonder