View Full Version : How come we get the news first?
 
 paraclete
Jul 14, 2011, 05:16 PM
Here's one you won't see in the US at least not quickly and you have to ask, I know we are a day ahead, date wise, but news is similtaneous, isn't it, like it doesn't happen here before it happens there, or does it?
?US Pentagon discloses massive cyber theft (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/us-pentagon-discloses-massive-cyber-theft-20110715-1hgoq.html)
 smoothy
Jul 14, 2011, 05:30 PM
You mean Wikileaks wasn't it?  I'll bet Lockheed-Martin is their IT provider based on personal experience with them..
 tomder55
Jul 14, 2011, 05:49 PM
Your're right... this wasn't a big news item here today. I read defense releases and Stratfor and got wind of it . This was revealed today when Lynn unveiled a new cyber security strategery in a speech  .
http://www.defense.gov/news/d20110714cyber.pdf
 
As to who may have hacked the Pentagon Computers ;I have my suspicions . All I know for sure is that it wasn't Pfc Bradley Manning .
 tomder55
Jul 14, 2011, 05:52 PM
You mean Wikileaks wasn't it?  I'll bet Lockheed-Martin is their IT provider based on personal experience with them..
 
Lynn described the current cyberdefense as a Maginot line. Let's face facts ;the Middle Kingdom is preparing for war against us and is probing for weakness.
 NeedKarma
Jul 14, 2011, 05:57 PM
Pentagon Admits 24,000 Files Were Hacked, Declares Cyberspace A Theater Of War (http://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-admits-24000-files-were-hacked-declares-cyberspace-a-theater-of-war-2011-7)
 
Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/foreign-hackers-stole-240_n_899304.html)
 
Pentagon: 24,000 files stolen in cyber attack - Jennifer Epstein and Jennifer Martinez - POLITICO.com (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59004.html)
 
Pentagon cites largest-ever loss of defense data in cyberattack; reveals new defense strategy | StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/nation/125576218.html)
 
24,000 Pentagon files stolen in major cyber breach, official says - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/24000-pentagon-files-stolen-in-major-cyber-breach-official-says/2011/07/14/gIQAsaaVEI_blog.html)
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/15cyber.html?_r=1
 smoothy
Jul 14, 2011, 06:27 PM
Lynn described the current cyberdefense as a Maginot line. Let's face facts ;the Middle Kingdom is preparing for war against us and is probing for weakness.
 
Yep... no rest for the wicked.  Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away.
 paraclete
Jul 14, 2011, 09:28 PM
As to who may have hacked the Pentagon Computers ;I have my suspicions 
 
My vote is Rupert Murdoch and News after all they have years of experience
 tomder55
Jul 15, 2011, 02:19 AM
I'd say it was the same people who did their practice on GMAIL
 speechlesstx
Jul 15, 2011, 06:19 AM
Dude, you were even scooped by Huffpo. They beat you by 13 minutes if my calculations are correct.
 
Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says
Pentagon (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/foreign-hackers-stole-240_n_899304.html)
 
The Huffington Post  Gerry Smith  First Posted: 7/14/11 06:19 PM ET Updated: 7/14/11 06:20 PM ET
 paraclete
Jul 18, 2011, 06:56 PM
Dude, you were even scooped by Huffpo. They beat you by 13 minutes if my calculations are correct.
 
Foreign Hackers Stole 24,000 Military Files, Pentagon Says
Pentagon (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/foreign-hackers-stole-240_n_899304.html)
 
The Huffington Post  Gerry Smith  First Posted: 7/14/11 06:19 PM ET Updated: 7/14/11 06:20 PM ET
 
Well that's what I might have expected, a respectable media source closer to home got it first
 speechlesstx
Jul 19, 2011, 06:23 AM
Well that's what I might have expected, a respectable media source closer to home got it first
 
Who said anything about respectable?
 paraclete
Jul 19, 2011, 07:34 AM
Who said anything about respectable?
 
Sorry speech sarcasm font not engaged
 NeedKarma
Jul 19, 2011, 07:34 AM
sorry speech sarcasm font not engagedHehe LOL!
 speechlesstx
Jul 19, 2011, 07:54 AM
Hehe LOL!
 
What, you think I didn't get the sarcasm?
 paraclete
Jul 19, 2011, 04:39 PM
What, you think I didn't get the sarcasm?
 
That is a have you stopped beating your wife yet question ('u')