US nuclear security deals with 10 million 'significant' online attacks each day - Polidicks

[quote] Government agencies are no stranger to cyber attacks, and it turns out that America's nuclear weapons are no different. According to National Nuclear Security Administration head Thomas D'Agostino, the agency has to deal with up to 10 million "significant cyber security events" daily. That's a terrifying number, and D'Agostino admits that around a hundredth of a percent of those attacks experience success — which means that there are up to 1,000 successful attacks each day. Thankfully there are currently no known viruses or malware capable of actually launching a nuclear missile remotely. Instead, the current danger lies with other states hacking into the Department of Energy to uncover secrets on how to build nuclear weapons of their own. Because of the sheer number of attacks, the NNSA is looking to boost its cybersecurity budget to $155 million in 2013, up from $126 million this year.[/quote] [url]http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/20/2887929/us-nuclear-security-nnsa-significant-events[/url]

10 million? the fuck? Wouldn't it like, you know, be smart to CLOSE the network or something?

10 million packets

That's not really what I've expected

[quote]which means that there are up to 1,000 successful attacks each day[/quote] what exactly do these successful attacks even do?

[QUOTE=Valdor;35245838]what exactly do these successful attacks even do?[/QUOTE] change their wallpapers to meatspin

[QUOTE=Valdor;35245838]what exactly do these successful attacks even do?[/QUOTE] raise the US cyber security budget

When I hear 10 million, I guess it is about the site of the nuclear security They are smart enough to not put that control connected to the internet, so what use does hacking even have?

[QUOTE=uitham;35245931]When I hear 10 million, I guess it is about the site of the nuclear security They are smart enough to not put that control connected to the internet, so what use does hacking even have?[/QUOTE] takes down their website for 5 minutes.

[QUOTE=Valdor;35245838]what exactly do these successful attacks even do?[/QUOTE] they launch nukes there's 1000 nuke launches a day get with the times man

are they counting spam emails as attacks or what

Keep the secrets off the internet and it doesn't matter how much the hackers hack. They can't get to information that isn't connected to the internet in any way.

Why are their important computer systems even connected to the internet anyway? They should keep them on a separate network.

Yeah, why aren't these on a private network? Am I misunderstanding something.

[QUOTE=TestECull;35246068]Keep the secrets off the internet and it doesn't matter how much the hackers hack. They can't get to information that isn't connected to the internet in any way.[/QUOTE] If they hack the mainframe and override the binary locks using the new thirteen megpipe converters then they can.

[QUOTE=Funcoot;35246150]Yeah, why aren't these on a private network? Am I misunderstanding something.[/QUOTE] I'd be willing to bet they are. [quote]Instead, the current danger lies with other states hacking into the Department of Energy to uncover secrets on how to build nuclear weapons of their own.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Ylsid;35246104]Why are their important computer systems even connected to the internet anyway? They should keep them on a separate network.[/QUOTE] These probably aren't important.

I think this may be a bit sensationalist. You would think that all the important systems and critical systems would be on independent networks which require someone to be physically at a terminal. You think the regular computers would be on their own network as well and then a few which are not really critical in any way or form connected to the internet. I dunno, i'm not an expert, but 10 million hits like that. Something needs to be changed or someone needs to remap their systems. I can't imagine "hackers" or "script kiddies" getting in to major systems and critical processes and creating a issue.

[QUOTE=TestECull;35246068]Keep the secrets off the internet and it doesn't matter how much the hackers hack. They can't get to information that isn't connected to the internet in any way.[/QUOTE] They can actually by using usb sticks or some other similar devices. Though it requires a lot more effort, but not impossible.

I doubt the launch systems are connected to the internet.

Can't america ask whoever's doing this to stop?

And how much of this is directly directed towards the nuclear installations and is not DDOS or such?

[QUOTE=jaykray;35247578]Can't america ask whoever's doing this to stop?[/QUOTE] they should send an angry letter actually, make that two angry letters

How many of these are succesful pings?

hey why are they connected to the internet lol! Why do you need to ask this. Clearly either: - They aren't or - There is a good reason

[QUOTE=smurfy;35247982]hey why are they connected to the internet lol! [B]Why[/B] do you need to ask this. Clearly either: - They aren't or - [B]There is a good reason[/B][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Dark-Energy;35245772]10 million packets[/QUOTE] They receive a normal TCP/IP ping from some random IP address. "SOMEBODY IS HACKING US OH GOD"

So why exactly are databases that contain information on nuclear weapons connected to the Internet at all? There's really no need for that, surely? It's not like they need quick access to such data on a regular basis from government offices all around the US, i'd think them being isolated wouldn't be too much of a hassle.

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;35252098]So why exactly are databases that contain information on nuclear weapons connected to the Internet at all? There's really no need for that, surely? It's not like they need quick access to such data on a regular basis from government offices all around the US, i'd think them being isolated wouldn't be too much of a hassle.[/QUOTE] It is probably more expensive to have a private network compared to what they are currently using.

It's so that the President can authorise a missile launch from his laptop. It's just convenience really.