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January 2, 2019

The Soviet Threat [American View]

Filed under: Cybersecurity,Hacking,News,Reporting — Patrick Durusau @ 2:50 pm
John Klossner at Dark Reading.

Klossner’s cartoon illustrates the nature of American reporting on international cybersecurity. Foes of American, in this case, Russians, are depicted as criminals who routinely attack American businesses.

Shrugs. For all I know, the “routinely attack American busineses” may be true, for the Russians as well as others. What distorts American reporting is it’s failure to remind readers America uses illegal cyber means, illegal activity in general and brute force to do the same.

America is not a besieged group of innocents crowded into a nunnery surrounded by child molesters and rapists. Forced to defend itself with any means that comes to hand.

No, America is more like the largest pimp at a poker game, where wagers are in human flesh and America raises its oil engorged face from time to time to question the morals of other players.

I enjoy IT cartoons but prefer satirical ones telling truths the main stream press can’t stomach.

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