[Infowarrior] - USG ramps up anti-Anonymous rhetoric

[Richard Forno]

(Remember how any 'physical-world' bad guy in 2001 somehow got mentioned in the same breath as al-Qaeda?  Now any deviant cyber baddie can be mentioned the same way in terms of Anonymous.  Having a catch-all adversary  can be a fantastic tool for PR messaging.  - rick)


US gov’t ramps up anti-Anonymous rhetoric, warns of power grid take-down

February 21, 2012 By Andrew Couts

The National Security Agency reportedly believes hacktivst collective Anonymous could soon wage attacks on key US infrastructure. Anonymous says such accusations are nothing but ridiculous fear mongering.

The United States government and hacktivist collective Anonymous aren’t what you would call “friends.” After Anonymous’ ongoing barrage of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on various .gov websites, the National Security Agency (NSA) is reportedly concerned that the hackers may soon upgrade their attacks to full-blow assaults on key US infrastructure, like the electrical grid.....

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http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/us-govt-ramps-up-anti-anonymous-rhetoric-warns-of-power-grid-take-down/


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