tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050177321399051504.post4464855619907984523..comments2015-01-20T04:31:19.876-05:00Comments on The Cuckoo's Egg: Thoughts on GhostNetNed Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232327294288429394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050177321399051504.post-23671877248874740812009-04-27T20:25:00.000-04:002009-04-27T20:25:00.000-04:00In our discussions of attacks that were similar to...In our discussions of attacks that were similar to GhostNet, I never remember us talking about attacks through political networking sites.<br /><br />I have discussed this with several of my friends and we found it baffling that we never heard about an attack on my.barackobama.com. In a fastcompany.com article it said that "By the time the campaign was over, volunteers had created more than 2 million profiles on the site, planned 200,000 offline events, formed 35,000 groups, posted 400,000 blogs, and raised $30 million on 70,000 personal fund-raising pages." This website also had Barack Obama supporter kid groups and a phone bank tool.<br /><br />I believe it would be much easier for a hacker to capitalize on the fervor that surronds campaigns. Also, elections are becoming more heated than ever and it might be easy to recruit am angry, disconcerted and motivated person off a website, or use them to spread your malicious software.<br /><br />The extent to which people argue about polics in this country is absurd. The lack of respect people have for each other in this country is often greater. When President Bush came out for Obama's election, he was booed by many people around me. Those same people were so enamored with the thought of having Obama become President that they would have gladly sent my malicious email out to thousands of Obama supporters looking for Anit - Bush news or propaganda.<br /><br />Social sites like Facebook and Myspace and intruging places to launch an attack, but the network of information and excitment that one can capitalize on during a political campaign is second only to teenage girls at a Jonas Brothers concert.Patrick D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09488262685617179251noreply@blogger.com