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Yes: John McAfee.
What we call "the cybersecurity industry" [d]evolved from the #antivirus industry that formed in 1988 when John proposed "NCSA" as a media con game. It later split in two (think "Good/Evil Kirk"), and the good stuff became what we know today as ICSA Labs.
What we call "the cybersecurity industry" [d]evolved from the #antivirus industry that formed in 1988 when John proposed "NCSA" as a media con game. It later split in two (think "Good/Evil Kirk"), and the good stuff became what we know today as ICSA Labs.
John's antics appealed to reporters infatuated with the newfangled idea of a computer virus. Some vendors (e.g. Solomon's) shunned it but others (e.g. Panda) couldn't help but play along.
Still, the allure of media exposure tainted nearly everything it touched. There was no…
Still, the allure of media exposure tainted nearly everything it touched. There was no…
…ethical foundation in these early days. SANS formed to fill this hole but it struggled at first to make inroads. The late @howardas formed an ethics team inside the White House that ultimately vetted SANS, and he pushed it with every fiber of his being.
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Dear @RobManess,
Some of your followers will remember me from the 1990s "Computer Virus Myths homepage" and 2000s "Vmyths" site.
In this short thread I'll reveal why the #ColonialPipeline "cyberwar attack" is in fact COMPLETE HYSTERIA…
Dear @RobManess,
Some of your followers will remember me from the 1990s "Computer Virus Myths homepage" and 2000s "Vmyths" site.
In this short thread I'll reveal why the #ColonialPipeline "cyberwar attack" is in fact COMPLETE HYSTERIA…
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Both Clinton in 1998 and Obama in 2009 hyped up cyber attacks similar to what we saw with #ColonialPipeline. "[Criminals] extort money by threats to unleash computer viruses…"
Clinton & Obama used their hype to issue flawed executive orders—
—just like Biden.
Both Clinton in 1998 and Obama in 2009 hyped up cyber attacks similar to what we saw with #ColonialPipeline. "[Criminals] extort money by threats to unleash computer viruses…"
Clinton & Obama used their hype to issue flawed executive orders—
—just like Biden.
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And now #ColonialPipeline has openly admitted THEY pinched our nation's feeding tube. No cyber terrorist did it!
They shut down the flow of oil as a #precaution when a cyber-mugger told their Billing dept. to "gimme all your bitcoins":
And now #ColonialPipeline has openly admitted THEY pinched our nation's feeding tube. No cyber terrorist did it!
They shut down the flow of oil as a #precaution when a cyber-mugger told their Billing dept. to "gimme all your bitcoins":
This thread points out cyber warriors who #ironically died in an act of physical terrorism or military action:
1. Ray Downey, Special Operations Analyst on cyber terrorism, killed in the World Trade Center attack
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1. Ray Downey, Special Operations Analyst on cyber terrorism, killed in the World Trade Center attack
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This thread points out cyber warriors who #ironically died in an act of physical terrorism or military action:
2. Linda Franklin, FBI Intelligence Operations Specialist in the Cyber Division, shot by D.C. Beltway Sniper:
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2. Linda Franklin, FBI Intelligence Operations Specialist in the Cyber Division, shot by D.C. Beltway Sniper:
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This thread points out cyber warriors who #ironically died in an act of physical terrorism or military action:
3. Majid Shahriari, “Iran’s Top #Stuxnet [Cyber] Expert,” assassinated by bomb rigged to his car:
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3. Majid Shahriari, “Iran’s Top #Stuxnet [Cyber] Expert,” assassinated by bomb rigged to his car:
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Thread: Trump didn't get where he is by accident Over the years he has learned how to succeed even from the abject failures of his own creation This is often at huge to cost to others about whom he doesn't give a shit He is an extreme narcissist who thrives on praise #mepolitics
He succeeds by defining the terms of that success at first for his own psyche We are seeing this play out in real time as Trump moves the goal posts of success in face of #CoronaVirus Trump made a bet that stopping Chinese citizens from coming to the US would stop infestation
It is important to note that his travel ban ONLY applied to Chinese nationals More than 40,000 others have arrived here from China - some directly from Wuhan - w/o being tested and allowed to freely roam about the country Trump lost that wager Like a true gambler he made another
