secretweapon

Its not entirely false but not true enough to stake our future on.

China is not monolithic any more than the US. Elements in China (like the PLA) don't care if they lose money as long as they beat America.

...and at some point, China will find the gains of economic attack outweigh the costs. that's when we have to worry. Putin is pushing China that direction now.

What if China could take Taiwan but it would cost them $1.5 trillion in American reserves. Would they do it? Maybe. With Russian aggression example in Crimea, some in PLA are discussing it. Would we respond?

Great question - has the gov't failed us on #cybersecurity and what can be done about it?

The government knows that with an open society it is virtually impossible to prevent cyber attacks. Even in a closed society, such as NSA, they couldn't prevent a rogue contractor from stealing secrets (Snowden). What they are failing at is preparing reset

Do you think Snowden has given surveillance info to the Russians? NSA missed intel on Crimea invasion #spyfail

Don't know but seems likely...has to pay for room/board somehow. You think he could say "no" to Putin?

Bitcoin shows a lot of promise. The problem is government willingness to give up their monopoly on issuing currency. Do capital gains get taxed? Rep Stockman (R, TX) has introduced legislation to prevent that

But, Bitcoin is very volatile right now and thus not relaible yet for currency...maybe someday if governments don't ruin it.

To be clear - banks may not be safe in the event of a massive attack or may be the point of attack itself - options?

Banks were directly threatened by Iranian attacks http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2012/12/radical-islam-is-targeting-our-financial-system-banks-and-stock-exchange/

Options are keeping $ in banks below FDIC limits, spreading around across various banks to lessen threat of one down

Also, realize that personal accounts are protected but business accounts much less so as I explain in Game Plan

Direct threats from Putin and those around him: If we interfere, Russia will crash our economy: http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2014/04/putins-direct-threat-we-are-ready-to-crash-the-dollar-from-voice-of-russia/

Worst part is that top officials across the board, both parties, all agencies, know Russia has the capability. We assume they won't attack us because we would hit back.

Any theories why your cybersecurity report to the Pentagon was essentially buried - shouldn't this be automatically public?

Here's an interview with James Rickards that explains why we aren't hitting Putin back for Crimea http://www.sprottmoney.com/news/ask-the-expert-james-rickards-march-2014

Answer given to Bill Gertz (arguably the best National Defense Reporter in America) was that my Pentagon report did not fit the political narrative. It was released later.

I was threatened when I finished my report that it would be classified and I wouldn't be able to even read it, let alone talk about it.

That was 2012 - election year so it seemed like an "inconvenient truth" (heh) that you produced proof that the 2008 crash was orchestrated

The timing on the crash and how it shaped the election was the concern. Bad karma if crash got President elected....something no one in Administration wanted to be discussed.

I don't make the claim that the purpose of crash was to impact the election but the timing is why people do make that claim. If it had been physical terrorism and not economic, likely McCain/Palin would have won.

Even Joe Biden admitted that without market crash, Obama would have lost and McCain would have won.

Depends on how malicious the entity in control becomes. Global internet infrastructure can be fragile if bad parties in the mix.

It sounds like the #icann changes will be something to watch and there will be countries to watch for #power grabs

Correct. Friends who were at #icann believe if handled well can be benign. We gave up Panama Canal though and now Chinese control both ends...so far ok but....

Almost impossible to stop. Example, Fortune 100 company almost infected by auditor who was infected by state sponored malware designed for cyber espionage

Heartbleed is just another example of how fragile our once safe systems can be. Scariest part is that there are many more vulnerabilities yet unidentified. This one steals credentials. What about one that shuts everything down?

I think many IT dept's are scrambling to update their webservers, hoping it's not too late #heartbleed - hopefully your bank is on that rapid response

Fortunately personal accounts have coverage...business accounts much less so in case of hacking theft.

@SecretWeaponUSA China/Russia/Cybercriminal group - how likely is it there's an internet killswitch out there?

Interested in #heartbleed question as well and potential effect on financial sector

As I understand it, #heartbleed is a way to steal credentials via vulnerable websites...just another example of vulnerability. But, just imagine if the whole system were taken down at once...http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/12/startling-nsa-admission-

Top threats are financial markets (stock exchange, futures, commodities), big banks and atm networks,

@secretweaponUSA What about cyber-security in elections- could a foreign country easily affect elections and subsequent econ decisions from abroad?http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/tech/web/florida-election-cyberattack/

Sadly, yes. And with few fingerprints. We might never know.