Zak Doffman in FBI Issues Surprise New Cyber Attack Warning posted a link to: Cyber Criminals Use Social Engineering and Technical Attacks to Circumvent Multi-Factor Authentication, which is clearly marked:
TLP:GREEN:
This PIN has been released TLP:GREEN: The information in this product is useful for the awareness of all participating organizations within their sector or community, but should not be shared via publicly accessible channels.
Do you think Forbes.com qualifies as a “publicly accessible channel?”
I ask just to highlight the absurdity of information restriction that has taken over government and cybersecurity in general. Notice that the evils doers in this scenario are already informed and the only people left uninformed, are members of the public.
I’m sure someone at the FBI has the authority to assign TPL:GREEN classification, but not anything lower or higher, plus they have auditing routines to check their work, monthly reports, etc. Now imagine all the turf protection and routines that must go on for other security classifications. All to hide information from the voting public.
Ask your 2020 candidates to sweep away all but launch code and location of nuclear submarine secrecy. It’s not like a modern army can conceal its intentions to invade. Think of all the classification staff that will become availabe to fill the front ranks.