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Re:Further ties of NSA to Equation Group hackers by belorn on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @12:02PM (#9184754)
We recently had a article from Schneier that made a similar observation comparing electronic attack to airplanes dropping munitions from great heights, which is why the conclusion was that electronic attacks should be under the control of the military and not by NSA. We expect the military to strike other nations civil infrastructure (or at least the subject can be debated), but we also expect them to take responsibility for it.
Re:Further ties of NSA to Equation Group hackers by tptacek on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @12:16PM (#9184812)
That makes a lot of sense to me, too. Also: this isn't to say that there aren't grave concerns with using self-propagating malware as a vector for attacks. It's just to keep things in perspective.

The chances of a full-blown Iranian nuclear weapons program not eventually bearing an attack by explosive munitions are pretty close to zero; see Osirak. If malware that only really impacts centrifuges forestalls that for a couple years, I see it as a good thing.

Re:Further ties of NSA to Equation Group hackers by flyryan on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @04:22PM (#9186895)
Schneier is also the one who said these are the types of things the NSA should be doing[1].

[1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/12/more_about_th...

Re:Further ties of NSA to Equation Group hackers by csandreasen on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @07:27PM (#9188165)
The NSA is subordinate to the Department of Defense - it is part of the military.