As part of the investigation into McCains collision, a team from the Navys U.S. 10th Fleet cyber arm traveled to Singapore to see if a reported steering failure of the destroyer was a result of cyber tampering, USNI News reported last month.
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I think it is foolish. They said they were going to look into all aspects of it and this is just theater for appearances. It is a red herring smoke screen as far as I am concerned.
I would have a lot more respect for them if they would just stand up and admit it, but that isn’t their style. This is a major embarrassment.
All this does is foster the lathering of people out there who are inclined to see a conspiracy behind it all.
This is all kabuki dance. Does anyone think they haven’t had full access since the mishap to all logs, software and hardware configurations in those systems? It is just stupid, but hey, they are going to go for every hand of soil they can get.