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[Ovid]

Was CBS the first outlet to release this news?.

Yesterday, NBC Nightly News lead off with a story about a possible cyber attack scheduled for Tuesday.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...y-news-full-broadcast-november-3-800646211869

This al-Qaeda story is new.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Who the hell listens to their cousin when it comes to their kids?

 

[dextran]

I was waiting for this. Almost made a thread.
Happens every election.

 

[Luschient]

Last time someone tried to pull some shit in Texas, it didn't work out so well for them.

 

[maquiladora]

Was CBS the first outlet to release this news?.

Yes.

 

[Borgnine]

I will make all necessary arrangements in preparation for this event. Thank you for the heads up.

 

[TwoDurans]

Seems against their own interests to scare a country into electing the first guy in 50 years who is comfortable with using nukes.

 

[Dishwalla]

I will make all necessary arrangements in preparation for this event. Thank you for the heads up.

 

[radios shipping overview]

I'll work from home Monday-Tuesday.

 

[MogCakes]

Going to be a lot of crazy just before and after election day.

 

[maquiladora]

Going to be a lot of crazy just before and after election day.

Fully expecting some kind of #cyber shit to go down on Tuesday.

 

[ishibear]

This election is a train ride through hell.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

What's next? A Bin Laden tape?

 

[dbztrk]

I guess I will be taking a sick day.

So sick of the bullshit.

 

[DarkKyo]

This election has gone on for so long that I can't imagine a future reality where it's not going on, ergo the world will be destroyed before the election can take place.

 

[Steel]

Well, that'd be the icing on the cake of this crazy election. Really hope it's prevented for so many god damned reasons.

This seems like a weird thing for the US intelligence to announce. Why would they announce it and in such a vague fashion if at all?

It's a leak.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

maaaaaybe ill take the later train into manhattan that day

probably not

 

[wachie]

First post should have been:

"This time AMD has gone too far"

Shameful failure on the part of this nerd forum.

No, the shameful failure on this "nerd forum" is your post. This is a serious issue and a matter of huge concern, witty one-liners and cheap jokes aren't what we should be thinking when reading this news.

I hope whatever the fucking scums have planned gets foiled and they get served.

 

[Adam_Vania]

It's a leak.

appropriate term considering the aim of fear-mongering media is to make people wet their pants.

 

[backflip10019]

And just as I finish reading this story, two V-22 Ospreys fly right past my window only about 100 feet above me (I'm on a 10th floor apartment in NYC).

Crazy stuff.

 

[gutter_trash]

voter suppression tactic to keep people home

 

[RainForce]

REALLY hope this is false. Loss of life and the country's reaction would be devastating.

 

[Jezbollah]

And just as I finish reading this story, two V-22 Ospreys fly right past my window only about 100 feet above me (I'm on a 10th floor apartment in NYC).

Crazy stuff.

We had three of them flying low near where I live (near where Obama and Air Force One flew into the UK) a few months ago.

Knowing how much Chinooks reverb around buildings after hearing them while working in London for years, I bet the experience you had with that buzzing above you was something else.

 

[backflip10019]

We had three of them flying low near where I live (near where Obama and Air Force One flew into the UK) a few months ago.

Knowing how much Chinooks reverb around buildings after hearing them while working in London for years, I bet the experience you had with that buzzing above you was something else.

Yeah, it was really loud. My cat starting freaking out!

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

God damn, it's like the universe has aligned itself to throw every possible deterrant for Hillary being elected there is.

A terror attack of that scale would play right into Trump's fear mongering.

Of course even worse is the loss of life at stake. Hopefully they are able to prevent/intercept this.

 

[Adam_Vania]

God damn, it's like the universe has aligned itself to throw every possible deterrant for Hillary being elected there is.

yeah it's crazy, almost like voting for the Iraq War and Patriot Act had real world effects that can't be waved away

 

[commedieu]

And just as I finish reading this story, two V-22 Ospreys fly right past my window only about 100 feet above me (I'm on a 10th floor apartment in NYC).

Crazy stuff.

The odds of one of those failing and killing you is higher than a terror strike.

 

[Netherscourge]

For one, keeps everyone on their toes. Could be a good or bad thing.

Secondly, might dissuade the attackers.

It might also dissuade some VOTERS from going out to vote. Considering the FBI's 'Trumpland' releases lately...

I wonder who would be more scared to vote under a terror threat? Conservatives or liberals? You'd think fear-mongering would suppress conservatives, but who knows?

Were any battleground states mentioned as possible targets?

 

[Izuna]

Same thing, I was wondering why would a tech company know about terrorist attacks.

Same here

 

[Fox_Mulder]

Never seen AMD do anything like that.

Lel'd

 

[komplanen]

voter suppression tactic to keep people home

That'd be horrible.

 

[killer rin]

This would be absolutely catastrophic. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much this would scare people into either not voting, or even worse, voting for Donald Trump since you know he would be from the first second screaming about nuking whoever is responsible in order to placate the public whom will want payback

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Well... that's cool. Odds are significantly skewed towards nothing happening, but it doesn't make it nice to read.

Me too.

"Some Intel supercomputer is predicting something?"

*Person of Interest theme*

But the Machine was powered by PS3s.

 

[Shmuppers]

I mean, if it's already being reported on from a mainstream media outlet then I would imagine it's under control.

 

[demon]

Scary to think of how something like this could affect voting on election day, in more ways than one. We need to pull our heads out of our 19th century asses and adopt 21st century voting--be it online or whatever.

 

[Kyuur]

Seems kind of disgusting for a news org to leak this. It will prevent people from going to vote and possibly inform terrorists that their plans are known, which could cause changes in what they were going to do that don't involve just backing out in the worst case.

 

[Oriel]

I thought this meant Intel the tech company and I was like uhhh

hope nothing happens and everyone is safe

I thought the same.

An odd pronouncement by the US intelligence community nonetheless. I'd largely forgotten about AQ mind you.

 

[BocoDragon]

What's next? A Bin Laden tape?

Maybe they've still got lots of material in the vault, like Tupac.

 

[samn]

Way way too much attention is paid to terrorist attacks.