On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Nick FitzGerald <n...@virus-
l.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Dan Kaminsky to me:
>
>>> To the extent that predicting "more of the same" is prescient,
>>> yes...
>>
>> Nobody is surprised by the attack. Everybody is surprised by there
>> actually being consequences -- against a state interest, no less.
>
> That's funny -- "everybody"...
>
> Oh,wait, I see -- you were making your post relevant to the list
> charter!
>
> Of course there were consequences and no-one worth knowing would be
> surprised by any of this.
>
> The only thing I find at all surprising is that anyone actually thinks
> this is particularly newsworthy -- such attacks by the Chinese are far
> from new and anyone worth knowing already knows how generally
> incompetent corporate and government institutions are at (proactive)
> IT
> security...
>
What do you mean, of course there were consequences? This is The
Internet, The Land Without Consequences!
Major corporations under attack? Of course. Chinese hackers? Sure,
why not. Consequences? Against a state interest? With the Secretary
of State of the United States of America backing up those consequences?
WOT?!
Show me a single 2010 prediction list *that* showed up on. Certainly
wasn't on mine (unless you want to count it as an 'old and hoary
prediction', but that's cheating).
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick FitzGerald
>
>
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