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Feds urge secrecy over network outages
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-06-23

Giving the public too many details about significant network service outages could present cyberterrorists with a "virtual road map" to targeting critical infrastructures, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which this month urged regulators to keep such information secret.

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Feds urge secrecy over network outages 2004-06-24
Anonymous
I think it's a bad idea too.

Maybe not as radically stupid as jamming the cellular frequencies, but similar in its potential to do more harm than good.

Thanks for writing about this, Kevin. I believe it's time to deliver another clue about security-through-obscurity to DHS, and quick......

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