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Cyber attacks and some IT food for thought...

Is that why the FBI uses Apple Macs running Mac OS X?

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Dave had some surprises up his sleeve as well. You'll remember
that I said he was using a ThinkPad (running Windows!). I asked
him about that, and he told us that many of the computer
security folks back at FBI HQ use Macs running OS X, since those
machines can do just about anything: run software for Mac,
Unix, or Windows, using either a GUI or the command line. And
they're secure out of the box. In the field, however, they don't
have as much money to spend, so they have to stretch their
dollars by buying WinTel-based hardware. Are you listening,
Apple? The FBI wants to buy your stuff. Talk to them!

Dave also had a great quotation for us: "If you're a bad guy and
you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac." Basically,
police and government agencies know what to do with seized
Windows machines. They can recover whatever information they
want, with tools that they've used countless times. The same
holds true, but to a lesser degree, for Unix-based machines. But
Macs evidently stymie most law enforcement personnel. They
just don't know how to recover data on them. So what do they
do? By and large, law enforcement personnel in American end up
sending impounded Macs needing data recovery to the
acknowledged North American Mac experts: the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. Evidently the Mounties have built up a
knowledge and technique for Mac forensics that is second to
none.

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http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/215

And since we know that the CIA funded (or funds) Al-Qaeda, it is
quite likely that:

a. IT knowledge transfer is a possibility (from CIA to Al-Qaeda),
or
b. That elements of the CIA will conduct the cyber attacks! After
all, the CIA has a history and experience in these matters.

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May 24, 1999
Web posted at: 5:21 a.m. EDT (0921 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton has authorized the
Central Intelligence Agency to look into ways to destabilize the
government of Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic,
sources have told CNN.

The authorization comes in the form of a "finding," a highly
classified document authorizing covert operations.

The sources have told CNN that the finding authorizes the CIA to
consider the use of computers to conduct cyberwar against
Milsoevic.

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References:
a. http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpWESSEX/Documents/

b. http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/24/kosovo.01/
FightSmart18-11-2001.htm

Welcome to reality!

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