Did WikiLeaks Sound the Death Knell of Western Tech Dominance?

[Motti]

Exactly three years after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370 on March 7 2014 (17:19 UTC time), the international whistleblowing site WikiLeaks dropped a bombshell on how the US Central Intelligence Agency could weaponize just about every "smart device" on the planet.

The US intelligence community has turned the global village into a prison planet; one where bedrooms are no longer sacrosanct, bank accounts are no longer secure and national secrets can be retrieved from deceptively "secure" channels and archives. Smart cars can be remotely commandeered to snuff out pesky citizens who get in the way of a train wreck called the United States!

But what apocalyptic scenarios were Year Zero and Zero Day referring to? Did Russia earlier get wind of them? Did the election of Donald Trump finally throw a spanner into the works?

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[defcon4]

Investigators warn airplane computers could be hacked www.palmbeachpost.com
Although the GAO (Government Accountability Office) warning is vague, I believe it is a reference to Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system Patent # US 6845302 B2.
Patent US6845302 - Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system - Google Patents
Could remote hijacking play a role in Germanwings Flight 9525?

 

[Motti]

Investigators warn airplane computers could be hacked www.palmbeachpost.com
Although the GAO (Government Accountability Office) warning is vague, I believe it is a reference to Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system Patent # US 6845302 B2.
Patent US6845302 - Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system - Google Patents
Could remote hijacking play a role in Germanwings Flight 9525?

You are absolutely right. We don't hear anything about the Germanwings saga, do we? Rather bizarre explanation from the MSM as well.

 

[Indeependent]

Considering that most of our computer database analysts and programmers are Asians not Americans...
You wanted cheap labor...

 

[Motti]

Considering that most of our computer database analysts and programmers are Asians not Americans...
You wanted cheap labor...

And they are generally given compartmentalized modules to work on. Therefore, they cannot see the entire picture or set of backdoors. In any case, many Chinese companies do not care, and just incorporate such software into their budget products. Its damned if you do buy the real deal, and damned if you don't.

 

[defcon4]

Investigators warn airplane computers could be hacked www.palmbeachpost.com
Although the GAO (Government Accountability Office) warning is vague, I believe it is a reference to Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system Patent # US 6845302 B2.
Patent US6845302 - Airliner irreversible-control anti-hijack system - Google Patents
Could remote hijacking play a role in Germanwings Flight 9525?

You are absolutely right. We don't hear anything about the Germanwings saga, do we? Rather bizarre explanation from the MSM as well.

Yes. After the accusations leveled against the young pilot everything went silent. It raises the question, who was on the plane with a bulls eye painted on him? If it was hijacked, it had to be an inside job with the codes and such to access the plane. What about the silence of the young pilot? Was the tranquilizer injected into the cockpit and he was knocked out? No last words, nothing? The black boxes were recovered but no word about them. I understand the silence, if it were made public people wouldn't fly Airbuses and that would put a huge dent into French and German aviation industry.

 

[Indeependent]

Considering that most of our computer database analysts and programmers are Asians not Americans...
You wanted cheap labor...

And they are generally given compartmentalized modules to work on. Therefore, they cannot see the entire picture or set of backdoors. In any case, many Chinese companies do not care, and just incorporate such software into their budget products. Its damned if you do buy the real deal, and damned if you don't.

Compartmentalizing modules allows our under paid friends to put hooks into the code to allow for stealing information.
That's why Microsoft's Internet Explorer and other products need Security Updates every 15 seconds.
I have always been totally against 1 coder per module; it's a ridiculous and expensive way of doing things.
And nobody checks on the code because in today's instant coffee era, no one wants to wait for a fix or new feature to actually work correctly.

 

[Motti]

I am wondering about the potential business costs to the US software industry after the latest Wikileaks disclosure.

Wikileaks has promised to work with software majors to plug various holes till their next revelations over this matter. It seems Vault 7 was just the appetizer.