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**Senasivar** · 11-29-2009, 06:03 AM

It's really simple: to pull off a major coordinated attack like the one described in the opening paragraph of that piece, you'd need dozens if not hundreds of hackers all working in concert and all achieveing their goals at the same time on the same day.

This would be a serious threat if hackers were coordinated, social people who could be organized to do such a thing.

But as the article admits, hackers are loners, and those who actually have hacked sites and/or caused disruption or damage acted alone.

Also, organized hacking would be a great potential danger if hacking were a teachable skill, which it is not.

The article did not admit hackers are loners. Did you also pass over the whole part about organized security breaches from China?

Also, a security concern can be from a lone person or a coordinated group. I don't see how even arguing over that point has anything to do with the security issues raised. You are discounting the whole discussion because you don't like the theoretical worst case scenario?

Again, if you have anything to put forward disputing the security issue information, I would like to see it. Otherwise it looks like you are just trying to argue because you don't like the Manhattan Institute.

11-29-2009, 06:03 AM	#7
Senasivar Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	It's really simple: to pull off a major coordinated attack like the one described in the opening paragraph of that piece, you'd need dozens if not hundreds of hackers all working in concert and all achieveing their goals at the same time on the same day. This would be a serious threat if hackers were coordinated, social people who could be organized to do such a thing. But as the article admits, hackers are loners, and those who actually have hacked sites and/or caused disruption or damage acted alone. Also, organized hacking would be a great potential danger if hacking were a teachable skill, which it is not. The article did not admit hackers are loners. Did you also pass over the whole part about organized security breaches from China? Also, a security concern can be from a lone person or a coordinated group. I don't see how even arguing over that point has anything to do with the security issues raised. You are discounting the whole discussion because you don't like the theoretical worst case scenario? Again, if you have anything to put forward disputing the security issue information, I would like to see it. Otherwise it looks like you are just trying to argue because you don't like the Manhattan Institute.
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