Remember how Matthew Broderick almost destroyed the earth using little more than a 300-baud modem (hey, remember 300-baud modems)? A cheery report claims:
... [W]e demonstrate the ability to deny voice service to large metropolitan areas with little more than a cable modem. Moreover, attacks targeting the entire United States are feasible with resources available to medium-sized zombie networks. ...
Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering messaging (cc:Mail, anyone?) and object-oriented applications (CORBA!).
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