Are the 'glitches' at United Airlines and NYSE cyber attacks?

CH (MAJ) William Beaver — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:41:09 -0400

Are the computer 'glitches' with United Airlines and the New York Stock Excanges just random glitches? Or are they coordinated cyber attacks? We may never know the real story. I have my suspicions, however. Vigilance, vigilance, vigilance.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 12:53 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:53:32 -0400

I seriously doubt they will ever admit to being hacked, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Jul 8 at 2015 1:32 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:32:00 -0400

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 1:34 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:34:29 -0400

CH (MAJ) William Beaver,

Just before you had posted this, my father had sent me THIS link:
http://map.norsecorp.com/

Norse Attack Map

Every second, Norse collects and analyzes live threat intelligence from darknets in hundreds of locations in over 40 countries. The attacks shown are based on a small subset of live flows against the Norse honeypot infrastructure, representing actual worldwide cyber attacks by bad actors. At a glance, one can see which countries are aggressors or targets at the moment, using which type of attacks (services-ports).

Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Jul 8 at 2015 2:20 PM

COL Jean (John) F. B. — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:20:43 -0400

CH (MAJ) William Beaver - Certainly looks like it to me, although the "official word" is that it is just an unusual series of coincidental factors that caused the outages. They point out that each incident has a different set of reasons why there wee problems, not a similar issue. I guess we'll see...

Response by CPT Ahmed Faried made Jul 8 at 2015 2:24 PM

CPT Ahmed Faried — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:24:45 -0400

FBI has said it isn't nefarious in nature. I'll take their word on it until otherwise.

Response by SSG John Canizales made Jul 9 at 2015 8:11 AM

SSG John Canizales — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:11:51 -0400

All is well till we're scratching our heads

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Jul 11 at 2015 7:17 AM

1SG Steven Stankovich — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 07:17:03 -0400

I say we ask the experts CH (MAJ) William Beaver... ;)