I was the most feared and most threatened #antivirus critic of my day. #McAfee tried three times to assassinate my character, and #DKMatai's henchmen threatened lawsuits. It's good to see others continue the effort of cybersecurity #criticism:

If anybody needs me, I'm re-reading "The Computer Connection" by Alfred Bester with an introduction by none other than Harlan Ellison. It's about an #AI called "Extro" that goes rogue after discovering Jesus — yes, THAT guy — was in a plot to manipulate Extro to serve mankind.

This is #cyberwar you can't deny it

SOMEBODY BRIEF BUZZ ALDRIN, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME

My, my! AFCEA's Signal magazine critiqued #cyberwar in their April 1, 2026 issue. The question is … did they publish an April Fool's op-ed? Discuss.

Why doesn't the U.S. admit it engages in acts of economic #cyber-terrorism against the entire world? Discuss.

Calm down… I backed up my TRS-80 to cassette and I backed up the Honeywell H6000 to Hollerith cards.

It's 2026 and we've waited a third of a century, bitches.

Except for the Middle East thing, I bet long-term on all the rest in July 2024 (particularly a global tariff war) and my portfolio has been doing bangers "for all the wrong reasons" according to Every. Single. One. of my MAGA former coworkers & former friends on Facebook 😐

Historically, the global cybersecurity community called on victim countries to declare war against any nation-state that launched a #CyberPearlHarbor. And right now we have the kind of U.S. president willing to consider 35,140 Marines a "solution" to über-deadly cyber attacks:

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This is cyber you can't deny it

So much for the lament of a horrific #cyber attack¹ pushing gas prices over <consults ancient scrolls> $3/gal ———— ¹ 2021 Colonial Pipeline cybertastrophe

We can extend this to keyboards

This is #cyber you can't deny it

Try dipping them in subzero #cyber fluid, it's delicious

I pray you survive his "cyber-lethality" keynote at the next DEF CON / BLACK HAT convention

My manifestos at Vmyths[.]com racked up 26 victims in the global #antivirus industry 😏

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Some AI startup is going to reinvent 'shit happens' and be like: "You're happening shit wrong. Happen shit while you sleep with HappenShit - your fully agentic, self-happening shit"

37½ years dealing with people who fell for cybersecurity hoaxes and never once did I come close to a phrase THAT powerful!

The zero-state for "desperate" is "patient." #TheGrammarianGames

We used to apply our Information Security just as haphazardly— no wait, I'm being told we still do 😒

Hey @duffelblog.com, here's a headline idea: "Hegseth draws up plans for invasion of Epstein Ireland"

To be fair, I was like this at too many Air Force annual training roundups

Prolific cybersecurity #liar Steve Morgan has been doing that for years

or the lady who has worked in the office for years and cant quite grasp the basics of Excel but just opened the door to the entire network because she got phished.

Howzabout when the press insists you identify "an intern" who keeps screwing up your systems?

Yet another reason why I'll monitor my AI subscription for hallucinations. I don't want it to be my yes-man

See Paul. See Paul defer. See Paul defer philosophical questions about #cyberwar with real-world insight lacking egotism & hyperbole. Be like Paul. 👍

Philosophical question: When Iran's vape-addicted drone operators chase down individual U.S. Marines from the comfort of their FPS gaming chairs … will it qualify as a #cyber-KIA? Bonus question: Can we describe a cyber-KIA in any way as "worse" than a traditional KIA?

Congrats in advance to the various experts who warned us of this dire threat <checks calendar> 23 years ago

Yeah, but it's not due to a #cyber attack. "No harm no foul" #amIright?

This is #cyber you can't deny it

"THANK GOD HE'S NOT GOING TO UNLEASH A HORRIFYINGLY DEADLY #CYBER PEARL HARBOR ATTACK ON THEIR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE!"

I specifically used it on others' Unix systems because I could always rely on its ubiquity.

Let's talk #cybersecurity. You'll find any number of the Old Guard in our industry who predicted everything from "daily cyber Pearls Harbor" to "the melting of the Internet." Every. Single. One. of them stands by their #cybergeddon predictions. They are, at worst, "premature."

I'm with them: he probably heard it in "300" and "John Wick." Everyone who reads #Wolverine comics knows "no quarter was asked, and none given." And he's too jockey to read comics, let alone military history.

the end of the world came in the form that we deserved when the cat walked on the keyboard and told claude to proceed

Yeah, but it's not due to a horrific #cyber attack. Therefore it's "no harm, no foul"

Will Israel invoke the #nuclear "Samson Option" against Iran? OR Will Israel invoke the #cyber "Samson Option" against Iran? Discuss.

Finally! They'll prove the deciding factor by saving 3,154 lives stopping an über-deadly #CyberPearlHarbor that will be classified so insanely high that our network commandos won't be able to earn a public award for their heroic militaristic cyberism 🫡

Estonia is fearless! They learned a valuable lesson the hard way in 2007 about the dire need to fortify their #cyber borders — and now their nation is absolutely impregnable from any digital assault of any size. Go ahead Russia <ptui> do your worst!

Does Iran's propaganda video qualify as #cyberwar? Discuss.

This is #cyberwar you can't deny it

I'm ready for the Cyber Draft ! Hope I don't get disqualified due to carpel tunnel. 4F

We were told #cyberwar would obviate the kinetic warfare we've known since time immemorial. Our #prophets worldwide assured us all gruesome human-based combat was being replaced by cyber attacks. Clean. Sterile. Digital. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole ran in 1998 on this fear of cyberwar.

omg I almost forgot today is the 34th anniversary of the Michelangelo computer virus attack that was (ahem) #predicted to destroy 5 million PCs — a sizable percentage of the Internet back then — only for it to flop miserably during live TV coverage with embarrassed news anchors 😒

It's 2026. Why don't we have a #cyberwar e-book generator?