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(IMG:http://images.newsfactor.com/images/id/6019/homeland_security-terrorism-internet_security-hackers_nfn.jpg) Our Tax Dollars at Work chasing dangerous Bloggers
from NewsFactor Magazine
February 10, 2006 3:46PM
Some mock attacks were aimed at causing a "significant cyber disruption" that could seriously damage energy, transportation and health care industries and undermine public confidence, said George Foresman, an undersecretary at the Homeland Security Department.
The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would respond to devastating attacks over the Internet from antiglobalization activists, underground hackers, and bloggers.
Bloggers?

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.

"significant cyber disruption"

[omega2008]

I know for one thing if I was hacking I wouldn't be blogging about it..........

[The Undude]

If you do a wardrive of Washington DC, you'll see all sorts of interesting Wi-Fi networks that are unprotected. It's really quite disturbing.