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Direct from the mind of the guy who bought you the "I will kill you" presentation at DEF CON 23, is another mind bending, entertaining talk. This time it's bigger and badder than before.
Are you sick and tired of your government? Can't wait another 4 years for an election? Or do you want to be like the CIA and overthrow a government overseas for profit or fun? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions than[sic] this talk is for you! Why not create your own cyber mercenary unit and invoke a regime change to get the government you want installed? After all, if you want the job done right, sometimes you have to do it yourself.
Find out how over the last 60 years, governments and resource companies have been directly involved in architecting regime changes around world using clandestine mercenaries to ensure deniability. This has been achieved by destabilizing the ruling government, providing military equipment, assassinations, financing, training rebel groups and using government agencies like the CIA, Mossad and MI-5 or using foreign private mercenaries such as Executive Order and Sandline. Working with Simon Mann an elite ex SAS soldier turned coup architect who overthrew governments in Africa, Chris Rock will show you how mercenary coup tactics directly applied to digital mercenaries to cause regime changes as the next generation of "Cyber Dogs of War".
The YouTube video promises to teach you, among other things:
- How to gather intelligence to analyze a government's systemic weaknesses on financial, societal values and political climates that is leader- or country-specific to structure your attack.
- How to identify and prioritize government resources, infrastructure and commercial companies and how to use these compromised assets to stage the coup.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:44AM
Yes, somehow overthrowing governments for fun and profit is fashionable again. But let us remember what Machiavelli pointed out some years ago: you cannot trust mercs! They are motivated by personal gain, and that only serves your interest as long as it does. And, of course, it really never serves the interests of the population of a nation at all, really. Mercs serve people who do not have the democratic support to actually rule. And even worse, once the people realize this, they either take them out (amazing what superior numbers can do), or hire more better mercs to flush out the minority's mercs, and then actually pay them so that they leave. But in any case, mercs are scum. Anyone fighting for their government for a paycheck is a merc, and thus scum. And all these pretend cyber-mercs? Still scum. I would spit on them, but they do not deserve even that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:54AM
Anyone fighting for their government for a paycheck is a merc, and thus scum.
Well you're in luck. The suicide bombers will not be paid.
Or I should say you're not in luck because you're the target.
INFIDEL!!!!!!!!!! ALLAHLALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 20 2016, @07:23AM
Oh, come on and do try to be serious. Of course the suicide bomber will be paid! Why do you think they are doing it? Their family will be taken care of, or they will get their 72 (Muslim) or 144 (Christian) or 9 (Mormon, do not ask me why) virgins in the alleged afterlife. But that means they are scum, mercenary scum only out for what benefits their own sorry asses. And do you know what? Every god worth his salt sees through such mercenary motivation, so they do not get their virgins, instead, they get to be one, in the afterlife, being deflowered over and over again by demons of such magnificent. . . .
Now that fact that such a deluded mercenary could take out me? It's possible. Should I quake in fear about this and concede to his demands? Not likely. All of these bastards who rely on violence mistake one major thing: not everyone is a sniveling coward that can be coerced by threats of violence, like they are! So if you are a suicide bomber, take a hard look at who is trying to get you to pull this off. Why are they not doing it themselves, if it is so glorious? How much have all these idiots blowing themselves up contributed to the advancement of the alleged cause of the organization? Is Dick Cheney on the board of directors? Has Donald Trump ever given a speech before your group? Could it be, that you are dumb as a bag of hammers, and were only doing it for the money? Mercs, more stupid than your average soldier.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @02:07PM
There is a reason they're still virgins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @04:15PM
Anyway to get 72 Muslim AND 144 Christian AND 9 Mormon women who have a more apparent interest in sex?
Thanks!