Posted on 11/02/2006 2:16:43 PM PST by RevTom
As combat becomes increasingly high-tech, Pentagon officials worry that "accidental defects" or "maliciously placed code" buried within a computer program could compromise the security of the Defense Dept. network and, ultimately, hurt its ability to fight wars, says Pentagon spokesman Maj. Patrick Ryder. A task force of the Defense Science Board is in the final stages of preparing a recommendation on how to deal with the fact that some of the software the military buys is produced offshore. While task force deliberations are secret, the conversations between its members and outside technology and security experts are raising concerns among tech industry groups here and abroad.
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You think?!
Did you know that all of our precision guided munitions operate off of a battery-powered guidance system? And that the sole source for those batteries is a factory in China? We've been outsourcing national security for years.
More proof outsourcing is destroying this country.
One has to agree. Weapon systems should rely on good proven Microsoft software. ;-)
Main screen turn on.
Someone set up us the bomb.
bigger threat is china sets up myriad defects or exploits in all types of military software apps in the event of any conflict, they shut us things across the board.
You would assume we would do the same to them, but presumably they are not outsourcing their coding.
Why would a government that cares about national sovereignty and security do a foolish thing like that.
Say what you want about the Chinese, but they have national pride and allegiance. Leave it to a government comprised of politicians who only care about political contributions and corporate graft to do something as foolish as outsource security.
The sky is falling!
I would figure there is more chinese money in OUR political system than we spend on outsourced software coding for the military.
I cannot imagine why anyone (not you) would think the 1996 scandal with the DNC was in any way isolated, since one of the things countries do is try to influence the government (or elections) in countries they have an interest in, or a problem with.
I can state with authority that the DoD are currently buying computer hardware that has code written in the PRC and Russia in it's software stack. That's a fact Jack ...
.... and that says it all.
You likely noted this factoid :
Clear and Present ConcernIf it weren't so dangerous...this would be amusing that the two stooge depts. that had been so quick to brush off security concerns over the sale of IBM's PC Division to Lenovo...now have to EAT CROW.Concerns about cybersecurity are frighteningly real. Just three weeks ago, the Commerce Dept. revealed that attacks by Chinese hackers forced one of its bureaus to cut off Internet access and discard virus-infected computers. It was the second such major attack on U.S. government computers since July. This threat of hostiles sabotaging networks or opening secret back doors for spying is what motivated the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in April to recommend a change in how the State Dept. used some of the PCs it bought from Lenovo Group, the PC giant that started in China. "It's clearly a legitimate and present security concern," says Larry M. Wortzel, the commission's chairman.
What I do remember that most people lately seem to have forgotten is that China stole the plans for the MX missile a few years ago.
Sorry, the Peacemaker doesn't make me very happy in their hands.
See this locked thread on Free Republic: The Cox Report-The Surprising Truth
Of course! Does it make any sense at all to have programs written overseas in countries where our laws do not apply? Countries with large numbers of people who would willingly blow themselves up to take us out and who would not care if they get caught sabotaging programs and are prosecuted?
No sense. Our spineless politicians, including Bush, are to blame.
Carolyn
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