Botnets have become one of the hazards of modern life. They spew out spam by the truckload, and can be utilized for denial of service attacks. Now U.S. Air Force colonel Charles Williamson III has come up with a novel idea, according to AP. In the May edition of Armed Forces Journal the Colonel has proposed the formation of a military botnet that could be used against hackers and foreign powers to assert dominance – or at least defense – in cyberspace.
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Sofware Bug Linked To Blackout
A U.S.-Canadian task force investigating the blackout said in November that FirstEnergy employees failed to take steps that could have isolated utility failures because its data-monitoring and alarm computers weren’t working.
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