In the thread on the apparent code injection portion of this topic[1], I heavily suggested governments with the US at the least being responsible for the deed[2]. With a corporation like Endgame Systems being a probable contractor for the act[3].
Something I've brought up a few times with my commentary previously and mentioned by some here is governments using tactics they prosecute others for:
"There are even target packs for democratic countries in Europe and other U.S. allies. Maui (product names tend toward alluring warm-weather locales) is a package of 25 zero-day exploits that runs clients $2.5 million a year."
Sometimes using the very tools made by those hunted, prosecuted, renditioned:
"The Cayman botnet-analytics package gets you access to a database of Internet addresses, organization names, and worm types for hundreds of millions of infected computers, and costs $1.5 million."
How long can citizens of nations involved in enabling and hiring these mercenaries keep faith in the law of the land, let alone those tasked to uphold it? How long can the tiered system of the monitored/hunted/renditioned and the legally immune last, with the legally immune being paid by the former?
Stop attempting to code around this human issue. Please.
Something I've brought up a few times with my commentary previously and mentioned by some here is governments using tactics they prosecute others for: "There are even target packs for democratic countries in Europe and other U.S. allies. Maui (product names tend toward alluring warm-weather locales) is a package of 25 zero-day exploits that runs clients $2.5 million a year."
Sometimes using the very tools made by those hunted, prosecuted, renditioned: "The Cayman botnet-analytics package gets you access to a database of Internet addresses, organization names, and worm types for hundreds of millions of infected computers, and costs $1.5 million."
How long can citizens of nations involved in enabling and hiring these mercenaries keep faith in the law of the land, let alone those tasked to uphold it? How long can the tiered system of the monitored/hunted/renditioned and the legally immune last, with the legally immune being paid by the former?
Stop attempting to code around this human issue. Please.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6154246
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6154819
[3] http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Endgame_Systems