@emptywheel Qu is, once we have intell about cyber weapons (as FBI says we did), how should USG prevent the attack (which it did not do)?
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@jacklgoldsmith You're assuming they saw it come in & did nothing? Interesting Q bc I think def of "critical infrastructure" may be issue -
@emptywheel FBI said tools used in Sony hack were used in prior attacks in US - qu is why didn't it stop them fr being used again? - 1 more reply
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@emptywheel@jacklgoldsmith It’s not all that hard to stick a payload in an encrypted zip file before transmitting it... -
@normative@emptywheel You think there's nada USG can/should do to stop this? Your encryption pt will be item 1 in Comey's brief re crypto. -
@jacklgoldsmith@emptywheel And… what? What conceivable policy would prevent people from being able to encrypt files before transmission? -
@normative@emptywheel Alexander wanted 2 b in adversary network for that reason,among others. Bigger point:USG cannot do nada re prevention -
@jacklgoldsmith@emptywheel They can certainly do things “re prevention.” The specific thing you’re suggesting is not infeasible. -
@normative@emptywheel U brought up encryption, not me. My point is only that all more aggressive avenues for prevention will now b explored -
@jacklgoldsmith@emptywheel Wouldn’t even really take encryption; just zip the payload with a random file to obscure the signature.
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