We're in the best of hands. "The U.S. military is ill-prepared for waging cyber warfare and needs to bolster defenses against the growing threat of cyber attacks against both military systems and private infrastructure, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command told Congress on Thursday."
'Commander: U.S. Military Not Ready for Cyber Warfare' http://freebeacon.com/commander-u-s-military-not-ready-for-cyber-warfare/ On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Pundit Sir <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: We are in the best of hands. > > "Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, who is now President Barack Obama's choice to > replace Gen. Keith Alexander as both NSA director and commander of the US > Cyber Command, led the US Fleet Cyber Command when the attack came to > light." > > 'Iranians hacked Navy network for four months?' > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/iranians-hacked-navy-network/<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/iranians-hacked-navy-network-for-4-months-not-a-surprise/> > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Richard Williams > <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The Target Corp. data breach that has hurt its sales and has made many >> consumers skittish about using their cards has been traced to a Russian >> teenager who authored the malware used in the security breach, according to >> a cyber-intelligence firm. >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> IntelCrawler said BlackPOS first infected retailers' systems in >> Australia, Canada and the U.S. It said the malware -- which first carried >> the name of "Kaptoxa," or potato in Russian slang, before being renamed -- >> has been sold to cyber-criminals in Eastern Europe and other countries, >> including owners of underground credit-card shops. >> >> 'A nearly 17-year-old is reportedly author of malware that led to >> Target's data breach' >> http://blogs.marketwatch.com/malware-that-led-to-targets-data-breach/<http://blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2014/01/17/a-17-year-old-is-reportedly-author-behind-malware-that-led-to-targets-data-breach/> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> *There were "five and dime" stores back when prices for the stuff they >>> sold were that low. By the time I was shopping in Woolworth's and >>> Newberry's in the '50s, "five and dime" was already way out of date due to >>> inflation, although the term was still used by the older generation. And >>> they had departments and regular stock that they ordered, unlike most of >>> today's dollar stores. (Woolworth's had a terrific "notions" department, >>> for instance--thread and needles and pins and yarn and >>> hooks-and-eyes--including drawers and drawers full of Simplicity patterns >>> for home sewers.)* >>> >>> >>> *I doubt dollar stores have ever made more of a profit than >>> five-and-dimes. In most cases the dollar stores' goods are not "costlier" >>> (and many of the stores, around here at least, are quite small, much >>> smaller than the old five-and-dimes). I don't think you're taking inflation >>> into account; the dollar stores' business model is very different than that >>> of the five-and-dimes.* >>> >>> >>> There used to be "five and dime" stores too. Dollar stores probably >>> arise out of the fact that bigger stores wanted to devote their precious >>> shelf space to costlier hence more profitable items. It appears that >>> Dollar Tree eliminates vendors coming in to stock the shelves so a Dollar >>> Tree truck just delivers all the inventory. The companies who set up deals >>> with Dollar Tree probably just send their truckload(s) to a central >>> warehouse. This obviously eliminates a lot of cost. >>> >>> There also appear to be jobbers who supply the independent dollar stores >>> in much the same way. Difference is that some of these stores will have >>> additional items priced at more than a dollar. We just lost the nearby >>> independent that just stocked dry goods not food like Dollar Tree. There >>> was something said about the town council having something to do with >>> pushing them out while a steak house went in to the location. More taxes >>> from a steak house than a dollar store. >>> >>> On 01/16/2014 07:47 AM, Share Long wrote: >>> >>> >>> Ann, I think dollar stores began with the idea that everything in the >>> store cost one dollar. That idea has not been realized. Instead I think >>> it's proved itself to be a clever marketing device to get people to come >>> into the store and shop, thinking they're saving money. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:18 AM, >>> "awoelflebater@..."<awoelflebater@...> >>> <awoelflebater@...> <awoelflebater@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> >>> <sharelong60@...>wrote: >>> >>> Richard, I love the Dollar General in FF. The manager is really >>> nice. We also have Family Dollar. But my favorite is Dollar Tree which we >>> don't have in FF but there is one in Annapolis and I shop there when I'm >>> visiting my family. These dollar stores are a new development in my life >>> and I have NO idea what's going on with that! >>> >>> It always makes me laugh that these types of cheapo stores are called >>> "Dollar" stores because any store that handles US or Canadian currency are >>> technically "dollar" stores. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:57 AM, Richard J. Williams >>> <punditster@...> <punditster@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 1/15/2014 9:24 AM, Share Long wrote: >>> > Richard, here's my debit card adventure, a card which I NEVER use. >>> > Except I had to in order to purchase gifts cards from the grocery >>> > store here. They wouldn't let me use my credit card! That didn't seem >>> > right to me but I went along with it because I was eager to finish my >>> > Christmas shopping! I think I'm a slave to convenience. >>> > >>> Yes, we used to use our debit card at stores and at the gas station. >>> After reading about the the online hackers at Target and Neiman-Marcus >>> we won't be using our debit cards there any more! Now, we just use the >>> credit card at SAKS and get cash out of the ATM at the bank for shopping >>> at the Dollar General, which is only a few blocks away. Go figure. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
