The Pentagon Doesn't Know Who Is In Charge During A Cyber Attack

[HardOCP News]

Yes, you read that headline right. The Pentagon has no idea who to call in the event of a massive cyber attack. Even better, the military hasn't determined the best "bureaucratic approach" to supporting a civil authority in a cyber attack and hasn't even begun to update it's current guidelines.

The Pentagon does not have a clear chain of command for responding to a massive cyber attack on domestic targets in the United States, according to the federal government's principal watchdog. While some Defense Department documents say that U.S. Northern Command would have primary responsibility for supporting civilian agencies in such an event, other documents suggest U.S. Cyber Command should be leading that effort, the Government Accountability Office found, according to a new report published Monday.

 

[HardOCP News]

No worries, we'll just call John McClane to handle business when something like this happens. Duh.

 

[Johnx64]

We need Al Gore for this.

 

[w4ffles]

No worries, we'll just call John McClane to handle business when something like this happens. Duh.

You beat me to it.

 

[Oniigumo]

No worries, we'll just call John McAfee to handle business when something like this happens. Duh.

Fixed that for ya. If he can break into an iPhone, imagine what else he can do for us!

 

[w4ffles]

Fixed that for ya. If he can break into an iPhone, imagine what else he can do for us!

Except he basically said, "Just kidding, I only wanted the media attention."

 

[kbrickley]

Maybe they should work with Microsoft and add an option to their automated call center - If this a major cyber attack press 1 ... at the tone please state your name and the type of attack you are experiencing ... all of our cyber attack specialists are currently engaged, if you would like a call back please press 2 or continue to wait ... if the cyber attack is targeting nuclear weapons or a nuclear facility, please press 0 to speak to a specialist immediately ... [hold music plays ... musak version of Electric Avenue] ... Hi, I'm Vijay, I will be your cyber attack specialist, please describe the nature of the attack ....

 

[Oniigumo]

Except he basically said, "Just kidding, I only wanted the media attention."

Exactly! His misdirection is unmatched, he's the one that actually unlocked the iPhone and that statement was just to throw everyone off! (also, if you haven't noticed by now, I was being completely sarcastic with my first post) Honestly though, he might be able to slow our networks down enough that a cyber attack becomes impossible

 

[wgm3446]

We need Al Gore for this.

 

[amddragonpc]

This means we're on Skynet now, right?

 

[Gigus Fire]

Yes, mobilize the armed forces to counter the script kiddies.
WTF is a cyber attack?

 

[Zepher]

Yes, mobilize the armed forces to counter the script kiddies.
WTF is a cyber attack?

that is when you send your army crawling through the internet tubes.

 

[Lith1um]

/doesn't surprise me, in a nation where law enforcement agencies across the nation have a backlog of tens of thousands of untested rape kits. /If you can't even get that right.......

 

[pothb]

Fixed that for ya. If he can break into an iPhone, imagine what else he can do for us!

You say that but afaik, he's like the only one that even mentions cyber security in his campaign.

 

[iamwhoiamtoday]

Doesn't Fort Meade have an entire multi-branch Cyber Warefare group? Stands to reason that they'd at least part of the response team given this type of incident....

 

[krotch]

That's just DISA at Ft. Meade. They don't do warfare. They help those that do.

 

[Oniigumo]

You say that but afaik, he's like the only one that even mentions cyber security in his campaign.

To be completely honest, you mentioning his campaign is the first I heard of it. At first I thought you just misquoted me, but for the hell of it popped "John McAfee Campaign" into google and sure as shit turns out he is running. At first I was thinking to myself, jesus christ nobody here can take a joke, but then I remembered that things tend to get political around here at the drop of a hat. So at that, I wasn't making a jab at him as a potential political candidate, just poking fun at the whole iPhone unlocking comment he had made.

 

[pothb]

Oh, I wasn't insinuating you were poking fun at him at all. I was just saying that because I don't think I've seen any of the people running mention security in terms of cyber space, and considering that this is related, I pointed it out.

Also... I don't think there are any one running worth voting for, but that's just me. I think little of most politicians.