I didn't mean governments. I meant hackers. Most of the problems that we have had with viruses etc. have been coming from those countries from anti-american hackers.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Weirdly enough, I'm going with the Brits. If the Chinese owned it, then > they'd already be wavign around our nuclear launch codes. If it were the > Russkies, the same thing. If it had been the Mossad, then they would've used > it to wipe out Iran. Don't know how the Germans would use it, really. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Giant Botnet steals data > > > Depends on who owns the bot. Is it the chinese? The russian mob? the > Israelis? The germans? The brits? > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/18/20100218botnet-computer-virus.html > > SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 > virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and > government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it > happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of > having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet. > > More than 2,400 organizations, including financial institutions and energy > companies and federal agencies, were infiltrated by the "botnet," according > to the NetWitness Corp. security firm, which discovered it. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
