US Gov’t tests cybersecurity and “shut-up” power
February 13th, 2006A pack of US Government agencies, along with a couple of states, performed a mock attack to test their internet security readiness.
Some of the critical points of contact - power grids, financial systems, and…..bloggers. The government wants to make sure the bloggers can’t spread misinformation. Hmm. That portion of the exercise is rumored to have included testing a system to close comments on major media’s blogs when the miscreants call those authors on the carpet. But again, that is just rumor.
Posted in Spamroll on Monday, February 13th, 2006 at 8:13 am
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February 13th, 2006 at 11:31 am
I hear they are just trying to block the commenters from dailykos and talking points memo.
February 16th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
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