These people are paranoid idiots.

No.

Well they do use the internet to their advantage...

The US Army "tries" to use it, and they expect Terrorist Organisations not to?

That's assuming of course, that the US Army does use it. Which it doesn't. I think.

So terrorists are going to start using distributed computing to run mmo servers that will allow them the opportunity to practice complex real word tasks.

Okay that was pushing it, i'll try again.

Terrorists are going to start using slave computers to run game servers for older fps games which will allow them the to practice complex real world tasks.

Okay better, possibly realistic, misses the fact that most peoples home connections have miserable upload speeds and that playing a server on most games runs like a dog once you get past 8 clients.



Okay not really, Im calling bullshit on this. It was an interesting thought until he started using buzzwords like "Just in time" and "disposable".

Few games actually simulate anything. Most games give you a realistic setting then use things such as a skill roll or a mini game to allow you to do a delicate task such as making or defusing a bomb.

The fact of the matter, is that MMO in this sense could be replaced by counter-strike, half-life, or any number of FPS games. This is one more thing written by anti terror experts who don't really understand stuff the moment they step outside the field of expertise, they assume games are far more interactive than they are now.



Actually, I bet you could teach someone to make bombs with a flash game. Its not that hard, takes less resources, can be distributed, and would work on more computers.

"Give glory to Allah! Were going B guys!"
"Wait! Whos got the C4?"
"Someone boot Osama, hes being a total awp whore!"
"Hey someone give Ayman that colt, hes a total badass with it"
"Guys lets doing a knife only round l0lz!"
"This map sucks, lets play dust!"
"Fucking noobs, use the Para!"
"KeK!!!"


Yeah, I'm really fucking scared now.

The object of terrorism is to strike terror into the hearts of the people who have been targeted. It usually starts with a large show of power. 9/11.

Now from that point on, the goal is to keep that terror up by hinting at bigger threats that never seem to materialize. You never say what you are going to do, because the real plan is to make people specualtate what you will do next.

Let's look at some of the speculation shall we:

Light brite bombs
Poisoned Gumball Machines
LEGO Atomic bombs

Now we have terror botnet training. Who knows how many other "threats" we have to the public.

The goal of terrorism is to get the people targeted to be so obsessed with watching their back, that they forget to see what is right in front of their faces.

Ok I fail to see how you can "Train" online with anything, god only knows how many terrorists nowadays use their mice and keyboards to setup attacks on us.

People are so afraid and don't realize that is what the terrorists want them to do.

@E.Zachary Knight

I loled at this frpm the lego thing, are people really this stupid?

"Kids could make atomic bombs out of LEGO, and just think what would happen if some Islamic terrorist get hold of a copy. The possibilities are terrifying."

Im confused since when is it so easier for children to come across the materials to make an Atomic Bomb from a box of legos? Things sure have changed since I played with them.

I think that we should get them all hooked on WoW.
"Abdule, you will be spearheading this suicide mission."
"But I have a raid on Tuesday! I finally got enough peope together to help me get my epic Chest piece!"
"OK, Alakhim, then you-"
"Sorry, can't! I'm half a bubble away from 70!"
"Um... Shakihm!"
"AFK"

" The same criminal gangs that use ‘malware’ and ‘spybots’ that secretly ‘recruit’ tens of thousands of unsuspecting home PCs and laptops into digital ‘zombies’ will ultimately become subcontractors to terror. Untraceably cheap and disposable ‘just-in-time’ virtual worlds that fuse the benefits of virtual worlds like Second Life with the criminal effectiveness of zombie botnets are inevitable.

They will be where tomorrow’s bin Ladens educate, train and coordinate…"

Is it just me, or does this sound strangely like Fox 11's news coverage on Anon and "hacker gangs"?

Meh, if this means they'll be cracking down on said spyware and virus authors with extreme prejudice, why stop them? *evil grin*

@that_1_guy:
sorry, ill refrain from using jihad in that sense in future posts. scratch one up to ignorance. -.-

not my WoW character

ah hahahahahahahahahaha

oh god my computer is gonna get a arab virus im soooo scared

better reason to get a new computer so i can play crisis
anyone played that yet

i dont have a good enough graphics card or freakin computer for that matter

Broken Scope says:
“Give glory to Allah! Were going B guys!”
“Wait! Whos got the C4?”
“Someone boot Osama, hes being a total awp whore!”
“Hey someone give Ayman that colt, hes a total badass with it”
“Guys lets doing a knife only round l0lz!”
“This map sucks, lets play dust!”
“Fucking noobs, use the Para!”
“KeK!!!”

---------------------------------------
Ok, i am now gasping for breath after the ensuing ROFL's. I can actually see that happening if terrorists were to use Counterstrike as "training"

[...] Check out some of the links (here, here and here) . [...]

Point: Terrorists are going to use MMOs for training.

Counter Point: Caves have no high speed internet access.

Counterstrike: The bomb has been defused!

Have a nice day.

@broken scope

ROFLMAO!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

OH OH!! I'm out of breath after that one! That's classic!

The only one you forgot is for the terrorist squad:
"We are going all the way to Allah!"

This article is rediculous and I vote broken scope for the winning comment. Oh I need to go get some air! LOL!

"Terrorists are early adopters of new technologies - especially if they’re cheap and easy to acquire… "

if they're cheap and easy to acquire, they're not new.

WTF has there been a sudden drop in I.Q's while ive been away?

ROFL at Lego Atomic Bombs. I thought that article would be about a guy who made real weapons out of Lego pieces. But yes, those terrorists have their ways. They have buckets full of Lego pieces just in case they want to make their weapons look like innocent toys.

I don't see cyber terror being a big deal in the future... do you really think governments put PCs with critical information in contact with the intertubes?