Time to implement Cybersecurity Act?

The cyber attack from North Korea could hardly have come at a more convenient time. I have previously written about the Cybersecurity Act in The war over the Internet , and how they claim that it is meant to protect the States from cyber attacks and gives the President full authority to shut down Internet traffic to and from critical infrastructure information systems or networks. Actually, it is martial law on the Internet.

A determined propaganda blitz is well underway as the government sets the stage for the passage of Cybersecurity Act of 2009, introduced in the Senate earlier this year. If passed, it will allow Obama to shut down the internet and private networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access. In other words, the bill allows the government to impose authoritarian control over electronic communications. (Global Research, Blitz of Cyber Attack)

So was North Korea really responsible for the attack? It seems almost too good to be true since Obama now has a justification to implement the Cybersecurity Act.

Joe Stewart, a researcher with SecureWorks who examined the code, told Computerworld that the botnet "does not use typical antivirus evasion techniques and does not appear to have been written by a professional malware writer."

Stewart told the publication that it is unusual to see low-profile state web sites being hit. "Who goes around targeting a site like the FAA or the U.S. Treasury? It's not something that most people would think to attack."

When contacted Friday for an update, Stewart told Computerworld there is "still zero evidence of North Korean involvement." Though relatively lengthy in duration, Stewart believes the attack could have been launched by a single person.

Who then might attack "low-profile web sites" such as the Federal Trade Commission for example? ( Global Research, "Rogue Hacker")

Apart from the threat from North Korea justifying the implementation of the Cybersecurity Act, the Obama administration will also be able to ride the wave and take advantage of people's fear of North Korea's attacks to fasttrack Einstein 3.

As Antifascist Calling reported July 6, plans are already afoot to roll-out Einstein 3, a Bush-era surveillance program to screen state computer traffic on private-sector networks.

In partnership with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, communications, defense and security firms such as AT&T, General Dynamics, L3 Communications, MCI, Qwest, Sprint and Verizon stand to make billions from contracts under the government's Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services (MTIPS) program with its built-in "Einstein domain."( Global Research, "Rogue Hacker")

So Obama would definitely benefit from a Cyberattack from North Korea, in many ways.