At this point, far less deadly but far more effective would be campaigns to exploit all that extra security at airports, which could be very creative and continued over a long period of time - clogging up the security process to where air travel grinds to a halt.
I bet you could shut down a major airport for hours with two dozen well aimed nerf footballs, Nothing evil about them, except the route they take over, under, and past security checkpoints - the ensuing "damage control" of having to search the secure area would be the real damage. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The whole "gas attacks" are not really easy to pull off in the real > world... there are a number of attempts that failed miserably by terrorist > groups or individuals in the past.... you just need too much gas for it to > be effective... > > > Cyanide is very easy to mist. Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski used it > frequently - he acted like he was sneezing while covering his > mouth/nose with a handkerchief. During the "sneeze" he would press the > aerosol spray. His victims would die immediately of an apparent heart > attack. > > > Same with the water supply attack.... you'd need thousands of gallons > entering the watersupply to even make people slightly ill.... it just gets > diluted way too quickly... > > > We've seen it happen accidentally. For example, 1993 Milwaukee > Cryptosporidiosis outbreak. 104 accidentally died through contaminated > drinking water. > > > > > Now.... just the threat of it will cause panic... a water supply attack > doesn't have to make folks any more than slightly queezy to be effective as > a "terror attack"... people LOVE to panic as people are idiots, that is why > just an attempt would have an effect even if not one person even gets > slightly dizzy after drinking the water.... > > > I think you have to be careful here. I believe the other attacks were > less successful because the proper discipline was not brought to bear > on the problem (for a perverted definition of "problem"). Don't > underestimate the enemy's resolve, and expect them to make the same > mistakes of the past. > > All of this is history, so it should be no surprise to anyone when it > happens again. Its going to be worse if a disciplined, concerted > approach is taken. > > I think it would be wise to learn to get along rather than trying to > defend against these attacks. You can't protect every place people > gather all the time. > > Jeff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton > > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:19 PM > > To: Rob Slade > > Cc: FunSec List > > Subject: Re: [funsec] Explosive breast implants > > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & > > Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/08/16/Explosive-breast-implants-are- > >> now-a-terror-threat/4521376677949 > >> > >> Not much detail here, but I'm calling bullshit. Or, at least, > irrelevance. > > Yeah, they are out of control with their fear mongering. > > > > The jihadist already played the airplane card. Why try it again with > > heightened vigilance surrounding air transportation? > > > > I'd expect to see something like cyanide mist deployed around a city > > and in subway stations during rush hour; or an infectious agent added > > to the water supply where a water main enters a city. > > > > You can't defend against all threats in all places, so its probably > > best to repair relations and outlaw religion. Spend the money on > > de-indoctrination so everyone can get along. > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
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