Security News > 2009 > August > Reporting terrorism, affect your credit? (we're doomed)
Forwarded from: security curmudgeon http://attrition.org/security/rant/fbi01.html Reporting terrorism, affect your credit? (we're doomed) Tue Aug 11 05:49:16 EDT 2009 security curmudgeon Right as I am about to wind down for the night, ISN rolls in, filling the inbox of most people before they wake. One of the last articles caught my attention and I read the first few paragraphs. Sandia to boot behemoth botnet This article (full GCN article) was disturbing to say the least. A couple of academia researchers, cut-off from the real world, out of touch with reality and how the 'world' works, decide they need to control a bot net. Not a 10k node botnet, not a 100k node botnet.. but a 1 million node notnet. In case you haven't read lately, the threat of a botnet is serious. Some men are charged in botnet related crimes, and the threat of a million-pc botnet is a threat to consumers. (Still don't believe? Google 'botnet threat'). [..] Uh, really? "Terms and conditions"? I actually have to agree to all of this about "notification to my credit card company" and any complaint is "initiated at the discretion of the law enforcement and/or regulatory agency receiving the complaint information"? In short, there is a "click-wrap" license invoked on reporting a threat to national security that may relate to my credit, and that law enforcement MAY initiate an investigation. If I call 911, they initiate an investigation even if it's a hangup. Yet telling the FBI about a threat to national security MAY initiate an investiation? [..] ________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org