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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by onetimemanytime on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:02AM (#17772535)
That's I meant too,even in WWII communication was key, imagine today when all is computer controlled. China and Russia might be in the system already and waiting
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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by hulahoof on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:27AM (#17772644)
I think it's pretty safe to say, while these games are always cat and mouse, that globally cyber defense is not approached with the same determination as cyber offence, and perhaps it can't be with resources in the same order.

I think personally it's pretty likely that they're in our systems, and we're in theirs, for almost any major nation - ally or not.

It's just MAD all over again.

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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by jacobush on Thursday August 16, 2018 @05:55AM (#17773292)
Except accountability in Mutually Assured Destruction was always crystal clear.

Today, there is much more (potential) room for confusion and false flag attacks.

Relevant pop culture reference:

https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi4020353817?playlistId=tt5...

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