Comments on: North Korea Poised for Cyber Salvo

By: Niels

Niels — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:05:03 +0000

“It looks like we know who the novices are on here and who the expert is. Read below. As Fred said, Kevin is a recognized expert. How many of us can say we have been asked to testify on cyber warfare? “
It’s a ridiculous statement. Kevin doesn’t follow evidence — he tells politicians what they want to hear so they can justify the new cybersecurity plans, such as the cybersecurity act of 2009, as well as the newly established offensive cyberwarfare unit by the Pentagon.
There is not a shred of evidence about the perpetrators of the attack, but ‘experts’ such as Kevin do not hesitate to give their opinion. And that’s all it is. An opinion, without any factual proof.

By: IG

IG — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:21:03 +0000

Many of you need to understand the term research! F35 compromise identified by IG nearly 1 year ago.
In May 2008, POGO obtained a Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) report suggesting that

By: Byron Skinner

Byron Skinner — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:24:53 +0000

Good Morning Folks,
Since the story on hacking at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 project has disappeared here, some of you may be wondering what happened.
Well the story was a hoax. In todays WSJ and NYT Lockheed, hell I will just quote Lockheed Martin here: “…incorrect in it’s representation of cyber attacks”…“To our knowledge, there has never been any classified information breach,…“
So where did this cyber crap come form? Surprise, none other the general Mike McConnell, Bush’s 1st. spook. It appears that General McConnell is now a free lance consultant for Lockheed Martin, duh! Here he quickly over stepped his authority, old Generals tend to do that once in the world.
So what is this goofy retired General going for. Well it appears since he has few hopes in the real world he wants to put on his uniform again and head a new $17 billion Cyber Command. President Obama would be well advised to think had about another separate command that has no line of authority, intelligence already is to screwed up as it is and for certain don’t get General McConnell involved, he is a great part of the problem, not the solution.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner

By: SpyGuy

SpyGuy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:30:37 +0000

I took some advice and used Google. Kevin was right! This was one of many accounts of North Korea using cyber weapons.
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:aX9J-To4dtkJ:news.softpedia.com/news/South-Korean-Military-Equipment-Development-Secrets-Compromised-by-Hackers-94876.shtml+north+korea+building+cyber+weapons&cd=21&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

By: Oblat

Oblat — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:06:48 +0000

>Fred apparently switched jobs last week. Cause last week he was telling “I am not a security consultant. I work as a consultant in Supply Chain!“
Fred must be a supply chain security consultant — you can probably find him on the job, doing the rounds of a Walmart most evenings.
Why would anyone knowledgeable claim to be a security consultant anywasy — when consultants and inside jobs are the greatest threat to IT security. The only thing worse would be to claim to be an Israeli security consultant.
Some people hold onto their fears with an iron grip, when you tell them it’s just as likely they will be hit by flying pigs they demand you respect their right to be scared shitless.

By: The Cenobyte

The Cenobyte — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:31:53 +0000

Fred apparently switched jobs last week. Cause last week he was telling “I am not a security consultant. I work as a consultant in Supply Chain!“
Fred next time you tell someone off you should try to have something to say other than just be insulting. It seems all you are able to do on here is tell people that are dumb or should get a clue. Honestly if you don’t have anything productive to say just don’t say anything is you best bet. But if you can’t do that, please at least try not to be mean to people all the time.

By: Ptsfp

Ptsfp — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:55:05 +0000

When national security is at risk and hackers are probing our infrastructure then yes, it is a federal/ military issue.
Also, if you do not like this blog, don’t read it! Save us some frustration.

By: KragCulloden

KragCulloden — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:57:01 +0000

Kevin’s rantings don’t belong here for two reasons, IMO:
One, his writing style is more National Enquirer than Wall Street Journal, and regardless of his content the style along is enough to make folks do a mouseclick for a different webpage.
Two, his content has little of value for military professionals, former milpros, or even hobby-ists that just follow military affairs. The entirety of his subject is IT, and is more suited to Wired or any IT-focused/themed site.
Regardless of the latest “expert” opinions that this is “the future” of warfare, it won’t be a military program in terms of who the virtual shooters are. Again, this puts it firmly in the IT arena — the US military won’t and can’t compete with the private sector and academia for the talent required for real day-to-day cyberwarfare. Aside from the culture clash of programmers and military discipline, the basic economics of military budgets and constitutional requirements means something as esoteric as cyberwarfare will not become a uniformed function.
The US military already relies on contractors for high end maintenance of gear, and true cyberwarfare capability (not script-kiddie crap) is several echelons of skill above contractor hardware maintenance. Meaning…the whole ball of wax will most likely never become a military affair, but a separate civilian service of “overseers” that rely on business and academia “cyber shooters” for actual operations.
Cyberwarfare is such a fast moving affair, that any attempt the pentagon makes to tackle the problem will be sunk by the ponderous bureaucracy that is the civilian-military administration. The knowledge cycle for software development (and cyberware by extension) means a 24/7 cyberwarfare “unit” requires a tempo and agility that simply cannot exist, at the size required for sustainted operations, in the DoD. The fit is so poor it is beyond laughable.
All of that puts it firmly in the sphere of IT, not military affairs, and thus makes it a poor fit for Defense Tech. IMO of course.
Krag

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:34:51 +0000

If we have cyber security problems due to N. Korea, we had better find out about it now, before something serious comes along.

By: XFactor

XFactor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:16:52 +0000

North Korea is not involved in serious cyber espionage. Also, a few other things:
* The Moon landings were faked
* The Earth is 6000 years old
* China is our friend
* Climate change is a conspiracy
* There are aliens at Area 51 helping the New World Order cabal
* The F-22 was a better aircraft than the Northrop YF-23
But seriously, anyone who doubts North Korea is heavily involved in hacking and cyber-espionage is living in some sheltered, delusional dreamland where the DPRK is a land of puppies and flowers, and where MS Windows is a secure operating system.