Siemens Corporation

[merrylander]

Think about it, if they had gotten the controllers from say China it would not have been possible to mount that cyber attack.

As for us getting on our high horse - pot, kettle, black.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Think about it, if they had gotten the controllers from say China it would not have been possible to mount that cyber attack.

As for us getting on our high horse - pot, kettle, black.

True dat. Who is to say that Siemens didn't provide us or the Israeli's the code? They (we) got it somehow.

Bear with me while I descend a bit into cynicism:

What's wrong with taking millions from the Irans of the world (e.g., Saudi Arabia....) if we can subsequently render their toys useless at will if they misbehave? We have their money as well as control over the use of their toys. If China sold it, we'd have neither.

[whell]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Think about it, if they had gotten the controllers from say China it would not have been possible to mount that cyber attack.

This would have made things a bit easier. However, does the "real world" of espionage work this way? It would have placed someone at Siemens potentially "in the know".

[BlueStreak]

What's interesting is that a country such as Iran is incapable of developing the technology on it's own. So, it must go to it's enemies for help.

I think the scenario we're developing is very possible, if not likely. That someone at Siemens sold them the stuff, then shared this information with the German government, who then passed it along so that a cyber attack could later be launched to disable it.

If this is the case, then----Who cares? So Seimens turned a buck selling these idiots something our side would fully know how to disable? I see no need to punish anyone for that. Now, if said individuals sold the stuff then kept it a secret? That would be entirely different, IMO.

Dave

[finnbow]

Smoke this over for a minute:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_in...arms_exporters

It seems to me highly likely that we sell stuff to unsavory characters with whom our allies don't exactly have favorable relations.