Defense Ministry’s Cyber Network Is Hacker-Proof - hmm
Quoting selectively from The Korea Time’s article:
“Defense Ministry’s Cyber Network Is Hacker-Proof”
A Defense Ministry spokesman assured Tuesday that the department’s cyber-security system is “hacker-proof,” adding that its intra-net computer data network is detached from the external Internet.
But Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told local reporters during a press briefing Tuesday that the ministry’s intra-net network is not connected to the external Web, “so that outsiders can’t approach the internal network through the Internet.”
And regarding computers with Web access, “we have been instructing our staff not to store any military data on those computers. Also, our staff members are not allowed to use programs like word-processing on Internet-enabled computers,” the spokesman said. “We are also constantly monitoring our network and the Web-enabled computers.”
I don’t know what self-respecting security professional would ever make a claim that any piece of electronic is “hacker proof.”
I mean, someone hacked a damn coffee maker for christ sake.
And as far as physical separation of networks. Ya, it’s great in theory.
But what about: “Malware infects space station laptops“?
It’s hard to get more physically isolated than being on the International Space Station 200 miles into outer space.
Learning from the Oracle debacle, perhaps one might be tempted to make such a claim if their intent was to draw a lot attention from hackers/crackers in order to test and improve defenses.
Something tells me that’s not what the Defense Ministry meant.
Bill