Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by BWStearns on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:03PM
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If your goal was to cause mayhem/reveal war plans/take down a bank, wouldn't just hacking it be easier than advertising an AQ Data Scientist job posting? This attack vector is the obfuscated c contest of skullduggery.
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Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by w_t_payne on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:13PM
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Yeah, perhaps I am over thinking it. Mind you -- the study is purposefully looking for vulnerabilities that arise from open source data, so my brain did not head off in that direction entirely of it's own accord.
Re:Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
by BWStearns on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:19PM
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Oh of course. It should be investigated (if only to see what crazy red team shit one could come up with). I may be wrong, there may be a brilliant Rube Goldberg of big data terror hammering out some kickass python number that will rain misinformation and chaos down on the world. This would in fact be a better Bond villain than the Quantum of Solace bad guy. However given the way the Pentagon overreacts to shit they don't understand I really hope that they don't start REALLY worrying about this.