June 10, 2010 12:16 PM
Could hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the world's infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nation's military arsenal, to create havoc? They already have. Steve Kroft reports, Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
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The inability of the government to force private companies to put people and country welfare above corporate welfare is today's poison leading into tomorrow's world wide calamity. Should this happen in the next several years it will probably be deemed Obama's death when the truth is this paralysis of corporations to be accountable to the country and the people has been a long standing problem in this so called democratic form of government. Heaven help us .. nothing else can! Stupidity is what stupidity wants. The joke will be on all of us who allow our lives to be so controlled by corporate America.
We have seen how McConnell lied to Congress when he was head of the NSA. During the debate over the FISA act, he claimed falsely (and with much dramatic flair---tears welled up in his eyes) that an American soldier lost his life in Iraq due to inadequacies of the current warrant requirements. But the timeline of the event proved that this story was completely made up. McConnell was trying to justify his agencies' further and unprecedented intrusion into private conversations between American citizens without warrants.
Now McConnell is president of Booz Allen Hamilton, the secretive private company with close contacts to the CIA (many believe that Booz Allen Hamilton is simply a CIA cover agency). And Booz Allen Hamilton has much to gain from investigating cyber security threats, which is no doubt a large portion of their business.
I certainly believe that cyber attacks are a serious threat to our security. But considering McConnell's penchant for bending the truth to suit his means (as well as his company's huge vested interest), I would not take everything he claims regarding the threat at face value.
60 Minutes should have disclosed to its viewers McConnell's controversial tenure at NSA, as well as the fact that in his current position he stands to benefit greatly from stirring up fears of cyber threats.
Why was THIS question never asked ?
What's the influence of Microsoft and Windows ?
Notorious for getting hacked, yes ?
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Know this for fact ...
Around 2005 - after Bush Admin. gave Microsoft a "free pass" on the Monopoly Conviction - Microsoft, in quest to keep the World from adopting UNIX/Linux as their OS of choice, GAVE AWAY FOR FREE the API's (the 'keys to inner sanctum' of an OS) and other "secret code" needed to protect the OS from hackers, to China and Russia.
Why has THAT never been widely reported ?
And why was it not even mentioned in this 60 Minutes Report tonight ?
Was this "give away" done with "blessing" of US Gov. at the time ?
Isn't that a "treasonable act" - giving National Security Technology to Foreign Nations ?
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Some fundamental, and obvious, questions are not getting asked.
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- by IndiasWorstTechSupport June 11, 2010 6:35 PM EDT
- In other developing countries...yes. In countries that are up to speed, you would either have to physically be present or in the building next door. Otherwise, it's highly unlikely you will be infiltrating anything other than a dummy bot computer.
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