09.07.12
From the people who bought you Stuxnet and Duqu and Flame and …
The quote most deserving of today’s horselaugh (believe me, there’s always a lot to choose from):
“Some of today’s national cyber actors don’t seem to be bound by any sense of restraint” — Debora Plunkett, head of the NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate
[Plunkett] told a university audience that “we’re starting to see nation-state resources and expertise employed in what we would characterize as reckless and disruptive, destructive behaviors.”
Sort of like being scolded to stop smoking by someone with a lit cigarette in the mouth who’s absent-mindedly reaching for still another pack.
“U.S. standing to complain about other nations’ cyber attacks has been undermined, however, by disclosures that Washington, along with Israel, launched sophisticated offensive cyber operations of its own against Iran …” reads the piece.