Sunday, August 2, 2009

Computer Attacker Still A Mystery

In this July 9 file photo, employees of the Korea Internet Security Center work to protect hacker attacks in Seoul. (Lim Hun-Jung/Yonhap/Reuters)

From Christian Science Monitor:

The US still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.

After an address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Blair also told the crowd he is trying to patch up the relationship between Congress and the intelligence agencies, which was badly strained by a secretive Bush administration and flared up again with revelations this month that the CIA had hidden from the intelligence committees word of a program to develop secret hit teams.

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My Comment: I am surprise that they are admitting their lack of information and intelligence on this cyber attack.

This certainly does not instill a sense of confidence and assurance in the agencies that are suppose to protect us.

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