[161000] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NYT covers China cyberthreat
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Thu Feb 21 15:58:53 2013
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:58:25 -0600
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20130221101739.FB02AB0C@m0005299.ppops.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2/21/2013 12:17 PM, Scott Weeks wrote:
>
> I'm not upset. I'm pointing out what Steven Bellovin said
> in just a few words: "This strongly suggests that it's not
> their A-team..."
>
>
The A-team doesn't get caught and detailed. The purpose of the other
teams is to detect easy targets, handle easy jobs, and create lots of
noise for the A-team to hide in. Hacking has always had a lot in common
with magic. Misdirection is a useful tool.
Jack
