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- Now we think they're smart enough to hack the computers but not imaginative enough to get the idea of doing it? rofl.
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- 60 minutes as of late seems like they are a propaganda arm of the government. Last week and weeks prior it was the Swine Flu and supposed "shortages" ( not true whatsoever...however to many Americans artificial scarcity leads to possible higher demand ). Week before that, they were talking about that highschool football player who had Swine Flu and was so sick. Yet they failed to mention that the kid had prior serious illnesses and that the rest of the football team who got swine flu were only sick for 1 day.
About a month ago, I don't know if yall remember, but they did the California forest fires and how supposed "global warming" was the culprit. They said in the show that records of forest fires in America have "never seen this amount of forest fires in 1 year". Remember? Well thats totally false and not true. ANYONE can go look for themselves at historical records and see for themselves.
As far as this episode, its more of the same propaganda. I agree with earlier posts how if this was a supposed national security threat, why would 60 minutes and higher ups give all this information out so easily??? That being said, I find this story to be completely hyped up and I think the reason for this is because the government seriously wants to censor the internet through this BOGUS "net neutrality" rule. So if the government is able to scare the Americans enough, they probably assume we will be willing to let the government take full control of the internet in order to "protect us". PEOPLE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS GARBAGE!!! Americans know scare-tactic propaganda when they see it. - Reply to this comment
- I have no doubt that a cyber attack could do some real damage and we might not know who done it, but be serious, it is not going to be followed up by landing craft and parachutists, etc., and the only thing we really need to be worried about are those systems involved in protection and retaliation from a nuclear attack. Aside from malicious individuals and criminals, this is simply a new version of the same kind of intelligence games we've always played, and which most ppl believe are are more helpful to preventing, rather than causing wars. and i have to suppose the motive behind this story is to increase funding in those areas. Afghanistan and the Federal Reserve are much more likely causes of our demise.
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- I didn't recall you ever interviewing the actual utilities and transmission authorities. Only the people who could benefit from scare tactics like congress, national labs, and contractors.
Now that's good, balanced reporting.
Say are you getting kickbacks by any chance??? - Reply to this comment
- My Pastor wrote a book "Stop Telling the devil Your Business". Why are we seeing all of this information on the news? We have a lot of people with too much time on their hands, with whom this was not an idea, YET!
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- My question/comment is why 60 Minutes is not ever taken to task for irresponsibly revealing "news," e.g., weaknesses within the energy sector of our country. I believe in free speech, but not to the extent of telling our enemies how to defeat us. I am unsure of the strategy 60 Minutes uses to be a part of the solution instead of ingratiating itself as a part of the problem. So, when something happens through cyber terror attacks after the revelations reported, 60 Minutes will raise its hands and scream, "We just report the news, we do not cause it!"
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- Let me see if I got this right...
We're not supposed to know about the hacking and somehow that will make the hackers who already hacked the system forget they got in and spied on us? Great logic. rofl. - Reply to this comment
- Not only the power grid but ANY CRITICAL SYSTEM should NEVER be connected to the internet.
The one question I wished they asked, what operating system was being used? Yes Windows can be made secure but it is easy to bypass. A flash drive slipped in the wrong hands or if someone was bribed to plug it into a computer.
They also didn't say how they were attacked. A lot of attacks are social hacks vs cyber hacks.
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- My Pastor wrote a book "Stop Telling the devil Your Business". Why are we seeing all of this information on the news? We have a lot of people with too much time on their hands, with whom this was not an idea, YET!
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- Why did the 60 Minutes broadcast not address/ask government representatives how cyber attacks on computer controled safety, secuirty and nuclear waepons material control and accountability systems at nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel cycle facilities and nuclear medical facilities nation-wide. Same question about chemical processing facilities. Sucessful cyber attack on these autmated systems could result in catastrophic injury, death and financial hardship for large sectors of the population.
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