Thursday, November 19, 2009

CYBER-SECURITY INCLUDES ATTACK PLANS TOO, AND THE U.S. HAS ALREADY USED SOME OF THEM SUCCESSFULLY.

In a recent article in the National Journal Magazine, the NSA supposedly admits to using computer attacks in Iraq, attacking cellular systems. Aside to the hacking part, which is obviously "cool", the impact on the US cyber defense stance as well as international relations is staggering.

In May 2007, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, Md., to launch a sophisticated attack on an enemy thousands of miles away without firing a bullet or dropping a bomb.
At the request of his national intelligence director, Bush ordered an NSA cyberattack on the cellular phones and computers that insurgents in Iraq were using to plan roadside bombings. The devices allowed the fighters to coordinate their strikes and, later, post videos of the attacks on the Internet to recruit followers. According to a former senior administration official who was present at an Oval Office meeting when the president authorized the attack, the operation helped U.S. forces to commandeer the Iraqi fighters'
See http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20091114_3145.php

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