There are so many vulnerabilities that trying to pretend anyone can make
anything secure is a joke.

A crew of 12 or less with a handful of gas bucksaws can shut the east
coast/west coast rail transit down, and the result will be the entire north
american rail system to be shut down until every inch of track is inspected.

A couple dozen pounds of tannerite and a handful of people can take out
enough towercoms that no shelter in the US can be entered without being
cleared first.

This attack, whether or not it was directed at att or not puts the onus
where it belongs again, on the service provider. The post morten will
develop new best practices.

9/11 was low tech.

Oklahoma city was low tech.

We didnt defeat the British with high tech.

Low tech will always be the biggest of threats. A little bit of publicly
available info combined with a little industry knowledge and a motivated
guy can wreak a whole lot of havoc and a group of motivated individuals can
shut down a nation.



On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 9:54 AM Matt Hoppes <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I hesitated on where to post this. Not that I think I’m giving anyone any
> ideas - but still.
>
> What happened in Nashville has actually been a concern of mine for some
> time.
>
> Look at 9/11. Huge loss of life yes. But that took a lot of effort and
> planning and getting through security and learning to basically fly a
> massive tin projectile.
>
> How much more damage could a small group do with 5 or 6 vans loaded with
> explosives in a coordinated attack on say: NYC, 401N Broad, Ashburn, St
> Louis, Chicago and San Jose?
>
> Throw in a few major CO switching offices in some major towns.
>
> You’ve caused mass disaster. Minimal planning. And now with 911 services
> out and data crippled you could do something else even more major.
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