Subject: Re: Anonymous Taking Down Infrastructure? Questions for SecurityNewsDaily |
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Date: 2/21/12, 20:44 |
To: Matt Liebowitz <mliebowitz@techmedianetwork.com> |
Hi Barrett,Matt Liebowitz from SecurityNewsDaily (www.securitynewsdaily.com). I'm reading this Wall Street Journal story about the NSA warning that Anonymous could trigger a power outage with a cyberattack.It sounds pretty alarmist and kind of overblown, but I wanted to get your take on it:Is what the general describes here even possible?Has Anonymous ever seriously threatened to knock out infrastructure?How seriously should we take Anonymous' threat to "shut down the Internet"?Is this an overreaction / fear mongering on the part of the government?Do you think Anonymous is moving in a "more disruptive direction" as the article puts it?Ok, thanks so much for your help. I'm looking to publish something in the next three hours or so.Thanks again,
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