Black Hat: Hackers and Crackers Needed to Counter Terrorists!

[Chuckiechan]

Black Hat: Hackers and Crackers Needed to Counter Terrorists - CSO Online - Security and Risk

August 04, 2011 — Network World — LAS VEGAS -- Hackers and crackers heard a patriotic plea during a Black Hat keynote in which they were portrayed as potential heroes as terrorism shifts from acts of physical violence to cyberattacks that can also cause physical destruction.

Black seemed to be offering an olive branch to members of the audience who might be part of politically motivated hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous, whose motto is, "We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget."

"Now I can see you," Black said, looking out at the keynote crowd of thousands. "This is my first Black Hat. We are legion."

Is it just me, or does this sound kind of corny?

[surreal]

Corny perhaps, but hes right.

The chief of the CIA's counterterrorism group during 9/11 told the crowd of thousands that the traditional top three terrorist threats -- chemical, bacteriological, radiological -- have shifted to kinetic (troops and weapons), bacteriological and cyber.

"My world of terrorism has gone," said Cofer Black, now retired from 28 years in the CIA. "Now it's your turn."

[pickel]

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