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"Cyber Shockwave" on CNN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew.wallace)
Fri Feb 19 21:28:57 2010
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:28:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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US carried out "Cyber Shockwave" - an exercise by non-government actors who=
have close relations to the government past.=0A=0AThe results will be aire=
d on CNN this weekend.=0A=0AIntelligence suggests the scenario was not stan=
dard and that a crash in the smart phone network was used as a concept of h=
ow US National Security *could* be compromised in 2011.=0A=0ACNN had exclus=
ive television access to the national security cyber =E2=80=9Cwar game=E2=
=80=9D scenario. =0A=0AThe simulated attack took place on Tuesday and was h=
ost by members of The Bipartisan Policy Center and will debut on Saturday, =
Feb. 20 and Sunday, Feb. 21 at 8pm, 11pm and 2am ET on CNN. =0A=0AI hope t=
he Nanog community can tune in or watch later on catch up services and give=
feedback on your thoughts.=0A=0AKind regards,=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A