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Archive of our tweets for July 2009
[Continued from June 2009 tweets]

Vmyths archives its Twitter feed for historical clarity. If it went out via our “vmyths” account, you’ll find it here — along with any needed explanations, clarifications, corrections, and apologies.
- 9 July 2009
- If N.Korea is attacking U.S. agencies’ websites … will Obama invoke the “Clarke Doctrine”? http://vmyths.com/mm/ads/vmyths/clarke.jpg
- U.S. agencies attacked! Will Obama declare “Operation Internet Freedom” against North Korea? http://Vmyths.com/mm/ads/vmyths/korea.jpg
- “White House website attacked! Obama’s webmaster unable to post photos of Michelle!” How can the U.S. survive this horrific cyber attack?
- This just in! Obama asks John McClane to stop North Korea’s cyber-war against the U.S. http://HumorControl.org/dhs/lfodh-01.jpg
- 13 July 2009
- FUD! “Gas prices may skyrocket if rumors of an OpenSSH flaw prove true.” http://HumorControl.org/cnn/openssh
- Cyber security experts agree: “Rep. Peter Hoekstra is a fool” re: North Korea’s role in recent cyber-attacks.
- 16 July 2009
- Bit9.com rep drops “Chinese trojan horse in US power grid network” urban legend in conference speech (he doesn’t know I’m in the audience)
- 24 July 2009
- Microsoft PRE-announced (?!?) a “critical” security alert … and McAfee PRE-announced they’ll raise “Global Threat Con” alarm
- Microsoft “pre-announced” a security alert?!? That’s like pre-announcing you’re going to give birth…
- Expect security vendors to raise their “AlertCons” & “InfoCons” & “ThreatCons” re: Microsoft’s “pre-announcement”
- 30 July 2009
- There’s a LOT of “security research” hype on Twitter now. {sniff} I smell a Black Hat hacker convention.
- “Horrifying new BIND vuln!” Oh, but it’s already got a patch. So, what will the media hype up next?
[Continued in August 2009 tweets]