Cyber Attack.

WASHINGTON — The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange.

Other targets of the attack included the National Security Agency, Homeland Security Department, State Department, the Nasdaq stock market and The Washington Post, according to an early analysis of the malicious software used in the attacks.

Many of the organizations appeared to successfully blunt the sustained computer assaults.

The Associated Press obtained the target list from security experts analyzing the attacks. It was not immediately clear who might be responsible or what their motives were.

South Korean intelligence officials believe the attacks were carried out by North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces.

The attack was remarkably successful in limiting public access to victim Web sites, but internal e-mail systems are typically unaffected in such attacks.

Some government Web sites — such as the Treasury Department, Federal Trade Commission and Secret Service — were still reporting problems days after the attack started during the July 4 holiday.

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday.

The sites of 11 South Korean organizations, including the presidential Blue House and the Defense Ministry, went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, according to the state-run Korea Information Security Agency. Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun said 11 U.S. sites suffered similar problems.

She said the agency is investigating the case with police and prosecutors.

In the U.S., the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the July 4 holiday weekend and into this week, according to American officials inside and outside the government.

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Cyber Czar to Religion Czar.

News we all know is coming has broken regarding the formation of a new "cyber czar" position in the federal government. This person will have the task of control over the Internet in this country, this great, free, United States of America.

In other words, there goes the freedom of expression, the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, and multiple other Constitutional and Amended rights and freedoms that we all, up to this point, have taken for granted.

Sure, it has been shown that those utilizing the Internet for terrorism sleeper cell development, or recipes for bombs have already found their endeavors rightly policed. However, there are "individuals" like Perez Hilton who have used techniques similar to those in the terror and murder business to terrorized or emotionally rape his victims through the use of mainstream or alternate media outlets.

So, when it comes to the policing of cyber space, do you think that the same thought process will be given to someone whose online science experiment could actually blow up a building as someone whose online human slandering and mental insanity could actually ruin a person's family stability or cause a person harm? Probably not. This, because our nation must be "diverse" and "tolerant" of idiots who will eventually cause, at least, California, to fall into the Pacific.

"The WP reports that Obama is likely to announce later this week that he will create a new "cyber czar," a senior official who will be in charge of figuring out ways to protect government and private computer networks. The official will have a broad mandate to deal with a range of issues and will probably be a member of the National Security Council while reporting both to the national security adviser and to the president's senior economic adviser. But the ultimate goal is that this new czar would be able to "pick up the phone and contact the president directly, if need be," an administration official said." -- Slate.com

Most likely, this "czar" will wind up adding a few people to the federal payroll, expanding the government's hand into all of the rest of our freedoms including our imagination. Please, can the Second Coming please come?!?...Now!?!?!?...Before we have a "religion czar"?!!