The Human Animal (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, September 01, 2009, 22:05 (5353 days ago) @ xeno6696

Again, having spent time at a school with a powerful computer security school, you should be MUCH more worried about worms such as Conficker as they can deliver a worse payload than an EMP bomb without needing to spend millions on a weapons program--AND you do NOT know when the payload hits. This past year virtually all SCADA networks (Command and control systems for US power plants) were cleaned of malware of Chinese origin. You don't need rockets or bombs to cripple U.S. infrastructure, you just need smart kids with internet access. Countries do NOT need EMP to do what you're worried about. That's why China and Russia are so heavily invested in computer science programs.-Very interesting point of view. I thought we could protect computers with firewalls, etc; but one primative small atom bomb exploded at 200 miles over the center of the country will wipe out the electronic controls and communication covering the entire country.