Update: Mr. Harris sent me an email stating he sent in a correction recommendation. Let's see what happens with it.
Gadi Evron wrote: > I spoke yesterday with one David Harris--I shouldn't have. He is a > reporter for a Chinese publication and was writing a story on "cyber > war" in the middle east. He was referenced by a friend so I was happy to > help him. > > I mentioned how whenever there are political and ethnic > tensions--anywhere, cyber after-math follows. This often consists of > silliness such as kids attacking with defacement and DDoS attacks. I > also mentioned "warfare" is buzzword, hyped, over-kill which shouldn't > be used lightly. > > At no point did I speak of Israel as a state. I told the reporter that I > don't work for the Israeli government these days and that I can't > comment anyway as I know nothing about what Israel does or doesn't do. > > Here is what he wrote: > > "Gadi Evron, a private consultant formerly responsible for security in > Israeli government's non-military computer system, does not deny that > his country has a large-scale activity using the Internet to disrupt > enemy activities. He just tends to err when it comes to talk of the more > grandiose plots. " > > Even if I forgive him for calling me a consultant... > I called the guy, and he said: "well, you did not deny it". > > Of course I did not deny it, how can I deny something I know nothing > about? He may as well have said I didn't deny the Roswell landing and > alien abductions. > > Immediately after what is referenced to me without quoting, he puts a > quote which claims this even more vehemently. He then attributed it to > someone else at the end of the paragraph almost as an after-thought: > > "While it is clear Israel has successfully used cyber-tactics > against its enemies, it is harder to know to what extent Israel has been > hit, according to Dahan. " > > I don't know where Dahan comes up with his facts, but I my alarm bells > should have ringed when the repoter, Mr. Harris, asked me about silly > rumored conspiracy theories against the US government--they were so > ridiculous I don't even remember what they were. > > Was this reporter just looking for a hit story, no matter if > unsubstantiated and unprofessional, or is this some sort of agenda? > > This is trickery of the lowest sort, and yellow journalism if I've ever > seen such. Unless it was an honest mistake on the reporter's part--in > which case I hope this is fixed soon. > > You can find his article, here: > http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/15/content_11709201.htm > > Gadi. > > -- Gadi Evron, [email protected]. Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
