A-Space: Social Network for Spies
Posted by Bezhou Feng on 01 September 2007 - 00:17 · 28 comments & 9234 views
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#1 Posted by PermaSt0ne on 01 Sep 2007 - 00:36
- that's just......wow. this is a horrible idea. it can go wrong in soo many ways
"siloed and firewalled fortresses that comprise the security industry's IT infrastructure"
do they think they are un-hackable or something?
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#1.1 Posted by haveblue128 on 01 Sep 2007 - 03:41
- [/i]Hate to disappoint all of wanna-be super hackers, but there are a few things the US government has locked up so tight, I suggest you give this a past. Beyond that, this isn't a game. This app is one of a few that connects analysts that might be half a world away. The more info the Intelligence Community can share within, the better a job all of its employees will do.
And, there really is hardwired-firewalled to death lines with dedicated systems that make this work possible. It is not just a fortress, the fortress is in an underground bunker. You can't hack, but even to try is potentially helping our enemies. While George Bush is unfortunatly on that list, he's not too bright and will be out of office soon. I hope America will look better in the eyes of the world once he departs, but staying strong is the only way our nation will stay safe. Hack elsewhere. -
#1.2 Posted by Primexx on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:21
- Quote - (haveblue128 said @ #1.1)[/i]Hate to disappoint all of wanna-be super hackers, but there are a few things the US government has locked up so tight, I suggest you give this a past. Beyond that, this isn't a game. This app is one of a few that connects analysts that might be half a world away. The more info the Intelligence Community can share within, the better a job all of its employees will do.
And, there really is hardwired-firewalled to death lines with dedicated systems that make this work possible. It is not just a fortress, the fortress is in an underground bunker. You can't hack, but even to try is potentially helping our enemies. While George Bush is unfortunatly on that list, he's not too bright and will be out of office soon. I hope America will look better in the eyes of the world once he departs, but staying strong is the only way our nation will stay safe. Hack elsewhere.
and if people within do not crack it, then how do you find the security holes? I'm pretty sure that by the time Bin Laden calls CNN about a crack, it will be too late. -
#1.3 Posted by Kushan on 01 Sep 2007 - 05:06
- Quote - (haveblue128 said @ #1.1)[/i]Hate to disappoint all of wanna-be super hackers, but there are a few things the US government has locked up so tight, I suggest you give this a past. Beyond that, this isn't a game. This app is one of a few that connects analysts that might be half a world away. The more info the Intelligence Community can share within, the better a job all of its employees will do.
And, there really is hardwired-firewalled to death lines with dedicated systems that make this work possible. It is not just a fortress, the fortress is in an underground bunker. You can't hack, but even to try is potentially helping our enemies. While George Bush is unfortunatly on that list, he's not too bright and will be out of office soon. I hope America will look better in the eyes of the world once he departs, but staying strong is the only way our nation will stay safe. Hack elsewhere.
Since Bioshock is all the rage these days, I think this quote is quite appropriate:Quote -Sure the boys in Ryan's lab can make it hack proof, but that don't mean we ain't gonna hack it
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#4 Posted by Deathray on 01 Sep 2007 - 01:04
- Well doesn't the FBI have a backbone beyond the reach of the internet for it's stuff, so this program could have something similiar... Thus, this system is realtively untouchable by people not given access
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#4.1 Posted by PermaSt0ne on 01 Sep 2007 - 01:13
- only way that'd make sense is if they had to access it through a satelite. in which case it makes it an even worse idea
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#4.2 Posted by haveblue128 on 01 Sep 2007 - 03:57
- The FBI is a backwards agency where IT is concerned. Prior to 9-11, it was OK for 90 days to pass before an email was read and returned traffic sent. Since then, they have improved somewhat, but it is simply not an organization that can respond fast to anything. It's a sad fact but their National Security Division is at the bottom of the Intelligence barrel.
Not every agency has their own fleet of satillites, too. What do you think they add to an IT "backbone"? I would start by looking for a server/server farm, main frames and PCs.
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#5 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 01 Sep 2007 - 01:06
- lol... I knew US "intelligence" was a bit iffy but this is just ridiculous.
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#6 Posted by MR_Candyman on 01 Sep 2007 - 01:07
- a criminal with money + a good hacker = supreme power
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#6.1 Posted by +ispamforfood on 01 Sep 2007 - 03:00
- i love how people think a "good hacker" can break into anything....
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#6.2 Posted by haveblue128 on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:11
- [i]George Bush and Dick Cheney think they have supreme power. Their journey at our expense has been a sick joke. They have used a great deal more than a huge amt of money to continue a war based on fantasy. Yet supreme power is nowhere near any of their efforts.
And in the case of A-Space, the only way a hacker will get into the most guarded systems is to break into one of the intelligence agency building. You will likely get shot before you ever see the door. Bummer ending and not good for the country.
Don't waste your time hacking-destroying. Do something useful.
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#7 Posted by Harreh on 01 Sep 2007 - 01:44
- Is this was Bush meant by "Internets"? There's the FBI internet, and ours.
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#7.1 Posted by haveblue128 on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:15
- 1-Bush is a cyber-idiot. 2-The FBI is not much better. Thus, 3-look elsewhere for the IT dept.
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#8 Posted by black_death on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:06
- lol I wonder how many CIA and NSA agents are going to get phished
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#9 Posted by haveblue128 on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:16
- On this system, none. No outside traffic. Hate to dissapoint you.
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#10 Posted by toadeater on 01 Sep 2007 - 04:52
- Bumbling bureaucratic nitwits. What does it matter if they "share information" when the borders remain so wide open that you could smuggle an entire army across?
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#11 Posted by Eis on 01 Sep 2007 - 07:24
- I bet the profiles are interesting...
Name: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Gender: Unknown
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#11.1 Posted by Esvandiary on 01 Sep 2007 - 13:56
I was more considering the signup form...
"Are you a spy? (Y/N)"
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#11.2 Posted by black_death on 01 Sep 2007 - 20:37
- "You require Level 4 security clearance to add this person"
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#12 Posted by leovanham on 01 Sep 2007 - 08:43
- since we are talking about hacking, is there any system that hasn't been hacked? I mean, compagny's advertise "hack my system and get paid $$" are there any programs still running? anybody know?
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#13 Posted by night_stalker_z on 01 Sep 2007 - 11:10
- From what ive read, are they suppose to post top secret stuff on their blog?
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#14 Posted by Logie on 01 Sep 2007 - 13:39
- Thats a ****ing brilliant idea. Haha. I'm gunna become a secret agent, just so I can add some super sexy secret agent gals to my freinds list. Its there gunna be a guy like Tom on Myspace?
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#15 Posted by whistlerxp on 01 Sep 2007 - 15:26
- "A Social Network where every user is called "Anonymous" and has no identity, sharing information with people they do not know who they befriend, with the only assurance being that they too must work for the secret service."
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#16 Posted by Citrusleak on 01 Sep 2007 - 19:34
- Why don't they just use satellite phones, or secure data transmission, before they set up another Myspace?
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#17 Posted by Magallanes on 03 Sep 2007 - 13:29
- 1- Create an over publicized secure and secret web page.
2- Wait.
3- Just grab IP of theft, hacker and security theft.
It's the perfect trap for wannabe.
Mike Wertheimer, the senior DNI official for analytic transformation and technology, said A-Space is one of the fruits of labor of a security agency that is trying to change the way information is shared after the failure to foresee and prevent the 9/11 attacks. A-Space will be used to help intelligence specialists gather and share more information across the siloed and firewalled fortresses that comprise the security industry's IT infrastructure.