Britain at risk of Cyber Attack

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Does anyone still believe this Government propaganda? If so, I have some Magic Beans you may be interested in...

They're surely running out of ideas to keep the (dumb)public scared?

[rhinochopig]

As long as it's not the Daleks we'll be fine - the fkers can now go up stairs you know.

Edited by rhinochopig on Monday 18th October 22:13

[Fittster]

I'd rather put up with a cyber attack that a physical attack.

[HAB]

Call the police! NOW!!

[eharding]

rhinochopig said:

As long as it's not the Darleks we'll be fine - the fkers can now go up stairs you know.

"Darlek" - is that a cross between Garlick and a Dalek?

[NoNeed]

How much are the beans?

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

NoNeed said:

How much are the beans?

99p each + £29.99P&P

[ewenm]

Edited by ewenm on Monday 18th October 22:57

[hidetheelephants]

There's peril out there, and we need to deal with it; best you stay indoors and make sure your tax bill's paid up like good little citizens. Keep calm and carry onswallow this alarmist bks.

[andy_s]

[Funk]

* waits to see what new digital crackdown they come out with in a week's time *

[Corsair7]

Dont they know they can get free internet protection from AVG?

Someone should tell the government. They really shouldn't use the interweb without suitable protection.

[jas xjr]

I was listening to an item on radio four news. Apparently Estonia was brought to a standstill after a vigourous attack by cyber criminals. Banking , telephone network amongst some of the things attacked

[tinman0]

Pakistan > /dev/null
iran > /dev/null
china > /dev/null

and then go back to bed. it's really not that difficult

[TheEnd]

The last I heard, the majority of important systems are isolated from the internet for that very reason.

[tinman0]

TheEnd said:

The last I heard, the majority of important systems are isolated from the internet for that very reason.

Never understood why many of the systems were on the internet in the first place.

Apart from a DoS I'm not sure where any of this is going anyway, and frankly, I would have thought the vast majority of border routers can outrun a DDoS nowadays anyway.

[hidetheelephants]

tinman0 said:

Never understood why many of the systems were on the internet in the first place.

Cheapness probably.

[Pothole]

Fittster said:

I'd rather put up with a cyber attack that a physical attack.

I'm not sure I would. Cyber attack on the link/chip & pin system versus physical attack nowhere near where I live? Cake or death really.

[TheEnd]

Pothole said:

Fittster said:

I'd rather put up with a cyber attack that a physical attack.

I'm not sure I would. Cyber attack on the link/chip & pin system versus physical attack nowhere near where I live? Cake or death really.

There has been quite a few cyber attacks like that from petrol station night-shifts.

[Silent1]

Do people not get the potentially serious consequences of cyber wars?
The efforts of a few people over the last month systematically took downthe MPAA, rias, bpi and countless other companies, if a government took it seriously then they could cause some proper internal aggravation.

Ok the news is bigging it up but you only have to look at Iran/Israel and china to realise that there are countries already doing it and in israel's case they're doing it effectively (nit including the stuxnet theory as there's no sensible proof it was them)