Posted on 12/19/2014 2:00:10 PM PST by LS
It would be difficult to design a movie promotion campaign that would get this much attention.
... or would it ...?
My BS free film promotion fabricated event scam flag is at three quarter mast right now......... sumpin aint right here.
We need to thank Sony and North Korea. Sony unintentionally goaded NK into revealing a lot of its cards, (assuming it was primarily NK). If not for this flap, we would still be asleep at the switch, at least at the national level. Many have been warning about a cyber-grid attack for years, but now it’s a leading story and everybody is paying attention.
The power grid is our exposed national jugular vein. Computer networks and data systems have become the spinal cord and nervous system that controls the power grid. Think of the human muscle/skeletal system. Sabotaging the spinal cord/nervous system renders the muscles (our power grid) useless.
It my understanding that in many cases our grids are managed by antique 1980s legacy programs. Once hacked, our grid-controlling programs can be spoofed or made to destroy destroy themselves. Keep in mind this can also be very subtle and hard to detect, witness the Stuxnet Virus inserted into Iran’s “super-secure” nuclear program. Stuxnet introduced tiny almost unrecognizable wobbles into their centrifuges, so that they would be destroyed before the damage was discovered. You could even say that we fired the first cyber strike with Stuxnet, even if it was for a worthy cause.
All developed countries are extremely vulnerable to grid disruptions. If American cities are cut off from electricity for even a few weeks, they will explode at the social level, as tens of millions of people who are accustomed to “automatic” money showing up on EBT cards are left with no means to pay for food. This will lead to massive looting, and a cascade to mega-riots and anarchy. There will be many other dire consequences: people freezing in winter for example, but the lack of food deliveries and distribution will bite first and hardest.
The Sony-NK flap may even be revealing the existence of a new “MAD Doctrine” at the cyber level. No nation can be sure that its computer networks and critical infrastructure are safe from attack. The next “Pearl Harbor” might be an attack on our grid. And it might go on and on for weeks, as systems are restored and are hacked again. And grid-down for weeks may be enough to destroy America as we know it.
It’s imperative that we not only harden our computer infrastructure, but that we strive to achieve a dispersed grid structure that will not be as susceptible to a cascading grid failure. Where possible a “manual override option” must be put in place. Imagine a jetliner that flies only on autopilot, directed only by computer controls. What happens if the computer is hacked and the plane is commanded to dive and crash? That could be America, commanded to dive and crash.
Our grid needs a “manual override” option, and we need to get this running and begin testing it ASAP. Anybody who says “That can’t be done, our grid can only be operated by computers today,” is admitting that we are screwed.
5) Assemble a team of the best black hat hackers to make Pyongyang as dark as the rest of that miserable country.
......the grid is valid threat , agree. My sister is involved via a midwest power company whose concerns are quietly intensifying on a daily basis. Not an if thang but a when event.
your correct .....point well made !!
But is it well received by our own ‘deer reader” erkel mugabe ?
And a good opportunity for Sharpton to rip off a couple of quick millions to pay his back taxes plus more to stir up more crap.
Except you do have to release the movie.
I've had a simmering hatred for them ever since. I don't feel a bit sorry for them. This whole thing changed for me when they threatened terror attacks on US citizens. We need to make an example of the bastards, in as extreme and public spectacle as possible... and DARE China to say a damned thing about it.
And I’d take it a step further. I would load up 2 or 3 million video devices with The Interview and drop them by parachute all over NK. These devices would simply start playing the movie as soon as they were opened. That way, not only would Americans see the movie, but the NK people would too. That would bring this kind of crap to a screeching halt.
Kimchee is more appropriate.
True. We'll see.
If it's a campaign it's either really clever or it backfired. ;)
I notice a 5-star general in that crowd.
The guy who so audaciously dares to lean on Kim’s desk will be toast. What the hell is he thinking?
They’re all carrying pieces of paper and pencils, but no one is taking notes.
No, its DoRKS.
False flag Ops?
Blame somebody else (another country) for the ‘incident’, & start a war to get the focus diverted?
Phony Sony can’t handle the exposure of being complete fakes.
I don’t feel sorry for them at all. Morons.
Ping to that.
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