[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I find your confidence in these paranoid, blame-America theories of yours fascinating. I was curious how you come by it. I disagree with your entire theory.

ok. will walk you through it.

Originally Posted by planetdoc

1. The US declared cyberattacks an act of war.

2. US undermined this position with the Stuxnet and Flame virus.

already linked the first. US originally said that a cyberattack is an act of war. Than Hayden said stuxnet is "not an act of war." Thus the position was undermined.

Originally Posted by planetdoc

3. Instead of working to make US interests more secure, the US government has worked to cripple and backdoor hardware and software. This makes US companies and infrastructure more vulnerable to attack.

4. US finds and gather 0-day exploits and vulnerabilities for offensive attacks, but fail to tell US companies so that they may fix their vulnerabilities....once again making them more vulnerable to attack.

already linked documents citing this in this thread. the link below goes further into the topic and provides sources.
The Currency of Exploitation

Originally Posted by patteeu

Cyber warfare is often a bit more subtle than a nuclear bomb. It would be tough to miss news of a nuclear bomb detonation, but cyber attacks don't make the same splash if they're even disclosed publicly.

sure, that is why it took security researchers years to detect and figure out stuxnet. That being said, there is no evidence of a cyberattack similar to stuxnet prior to stuxnet.

Originally Posted by patteeu

It took me one google search to find this wikipedia entry:

that is no way in any level comparable to stuxnet. Those type of attacks are not sophisticated and can be done by anyone unlike the sophistication of stuxnet. Its like comparing handguns to nuclear weapons.