[17893] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Government scrutiny is headed our way
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dalvenjah FoxFire)
Tue Jun 16 16:04:57 1998
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:55:37 -0700
From: Dalvenjah FoxFire <dalvenjah@dal.net>
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980616152110.42623@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>; from Jay R. Ashworth on Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 03:21:11PM -0400
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 03:21:11PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth put this into my mailbox:
>
> I think that the approach here is to find the executive level people to
> whom those people report, and explain to _them_ that if they don't get
> their houses in order, the government is likely to do it for them.
Sounds good. Now we just need someone to send around a press release
stating that 1 out of 3 (asshole statistic) corporations, government
organizations, and educational institutions are unwittingly helping
Cyber-Terrorists commit their evil deeds; and 25% of those (another
asshole statistic) don't care that they're aiding and abetting
these criminals.
Basically, we want to shame these companies into fixing their networks.
Public image is a killer.
Sensationalism can be your friend, if used right }:>
-dalvenjah
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