On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 08:15 -0700, James Finstrom wrote:
> Again not getting in to opinions of the man or his politics I think
> Obama is wired enough that we will see a push for more tech in
> government. I noticed whitehouse.gov got a face lift which makes it
> look like his other sites so I think he brought his developers to
> washington. You will also not how he has used the internet pre and
> post election to generate votes, fill jobs etc. Again I am not big on
> his politics but he may be the one to push the infrastructure and
> technologies America has been folling short on. You will note the
> invasion of Georga was the first major example of future warfare,
> hackers took down the Georga government via the keyboard before the
> raid we need to ensure when WW3 happens or sooner that We can defend
> against such attacks because any country who wishes to come take us on
> will likely go after our technology first.
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I think the first documented attack was on Estonia and not Georgia and
was documented in Wired Magazine...
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia
As for whitehouse.gov and Obama's administration, it appears that there
is quite some ramping up to do...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/22/10531/8357/963/687540
Craig
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