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In reply to the discussion: Biden declares state of emergency over fuel cyber-attack [View all]getagrip_already
(14,708 posts)Are there political attacks as well? Sure, nk attacked disney for example. That was purely punitive.
But the attack against the pipeline is only financial.
Remember that the early viruses were neither political nor financial. They were largely just trying to cause damage with no real intent.
And it had nothing to do with stuxnet. Neither does this attack.
I've been in high tech a long time, since 1980, and I've seen a lot. I've held security clearances and been places some people only read about.
Stuxnet didn't cause anything that wasn't already happening, and the only reason you even know about it is the target leaked the info. It was going on long before that on multiple fronts. It didn't just leap out from a lab in VA.
I get the negative feelings to what goes on in spookyville, but it isn't the evil we have here..