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Cyber Warfare

NKorea Training Teams Of 'Cyber Warriors,' Experts Say

AP | YOUKYUNG LEE | Posted 03.24.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, th...

Chinese Hacking and The Art of War

Peter Navarro | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Peter Navarro

Finally, there appears to be real alarm in the White House over Chinese cyberattacks. Here's what the president should be telling the American people.

There's Now A Handbook For Cyberwar

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.19.2013 | Technology

LONDON — Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it. Their handbook, due to be published later this ...

'Cyberterrorism': A Grave Threat or Over-hyped?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.13.2013 | World
Dorian de Wind

We now talk about a "cyber domain" -- i.e., a military domain similar to the air, land, sea or space domains where the military already operates in -- as a new domain of warfare. We also talk about cyber warfare, cyber terrorism, a "cyber 9/11" and even "cyber Pearl Harbor."

China Hacking: A 21st Century Act of War

Greg Autry | Posted 05.03.2013 | World
Greg Autry

A brilliant report recently issued by security firm Mandiant clearly identified a high-powered unit of the Chinese Army as the source of the most persistent cyber-attacks against American firms. The magnitude of this by invasion of privacy and theft of data is staggering.

When Your Identity Is Tossed Out the Window... Literally

Adam Levin | Posted 01.30.2013 | Technology
Adam Levin

From identity theft to cyber-warfare, our inability to weigh risks in a rational way is costing us big time --- and may ultimately be our undoing.

U.S Denies Hacking Sarkozy

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 11.21.2012 | World

PARIS -- The U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday "categorically" denied claims in a French magazine report that the U.S. government was behind a hackin...

How Presidential War Came Out of the Shadows -- and We Went Into Them

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics
Tom Engelhardt

In the last decade a high-tech, privatized, covert version of war has become presidential property, fought at the White House's behest by robots, warrior corporations, and two presidentially controlled "private" forces.

Beyond Bayonets and Battleships

Alfred W. McCoy | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics
Alfred W. McCoy

Amid all the post-debate chatter, not a single commentator seemed to have a clue when it came to the profound strategic changes encoded in the president's words. Yet for the past four years, the Obama administration has presided over a technological revolution in defense planning.

National Defense: Topics for Tonight's Debate

A. Siegel | Posted 12.22.2012 | Green
A. Siegel

A better approach would be to devote a reasonable period of the debate -- perhaps 30 minutes -- to go through this list, allowing the two candidates to address each of these five in turn.

Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online?

Karen J. Greenberg | Posted 12.22.2012 | Technology
Karen J. Greenberg

It may sound like a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie, but it could be your life -- a nationwide cyber-version of Ground Zero. Think of it as 9/11/2015.

We Have Been Warned

Gary Hart | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics
Gary Hart

How will you know when the "cyber Pearl Harbor" has occurred? When the lights and heat in your home go off. When you can't make a phone call. When no ATM works. When your flight cannot land.

House Committee: China Tech Giants Pose National Security Threat To U.S.

AP | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 12.07.2012 | Technology

WASHINGTON — American companies should avoid doing business with China's two leading technology firms because they pose a national security thre...

Gov 2.0 and Cyberwar Mashup

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 10.23.2012 | Technology
Alan W. Silberberg

Digital bullets might be replacing real bullets but when whole systems like water, electricity, or transportation go down due to hacking, cyberwar or cyber economic espionage; the effect could be the same.

Weapons of Mass Disruption -- The Super Cyber Wars Have Begun

Shelly Palmer | Posted 08.12.2012 | Technology
Shelly Palmer

Huge stealthy computer viruses with capabilities that sound like the stuff of science fiction have been hard at work, collecting data and data and more data, waiting to strike. It is now clear we live in a world at war.

UN's ITU Could Become Next Internet Freedom Threat

Edward J. Black | Posted 05.09.2012 | Technology
Edward J. Black

Some of the lessons learned from the dangers of legislation like SOPA should be the need for forbearance and a well-researched, multi-stakeholder derived policy to avoid unintended consequences.

Cyber War: Reality or Hype?

Conn Hallinan | Posted 03.21.2012 | World
Conn Hallinan

Can cyber war actually "cripple" the United States? Or is the language just sturm und drang spun up by a coalition of major arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, and Internet security firms allied with China bashers aimed at launching a new Cold War in Asia?

Cyber Threats -- and Remedies -- Get Overdue Airing

David Tereshchuk | Posted 03.16.2012 | Technology
David Tereshchuk

Thank you, Digital Revolution. You've given us many benefits, to be sure, but now this. We are living, apparently, at the mercy of people with the manners of a chimpanzee and the tongue of a Sicilian fishwife.

In Cyberspy vs. Cyberspy, China Has The Edge

Posted 06.14.2011 | Technology

By Brian Grow and Mark Hosenball ATLANTA | Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:39am EDT (Reuters) - As America and China grow more economically and financially inter...

A Cyber War Against Iran: Whodunit?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Haggai Carmon

Are the alleged attackers hinting to the wrath of God that could follow unless the Iranians stop their development of nuclear capabilities and repeated threats to destroy Israel.

Terrorism and Technology: Strange Bedfellows in the Digital Age

James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
James D. Zirin

So what fate awaits us behind the opaque portal of technology, the lady or the tiger? Is the Internet our salvation or our undoing now that terrorism has become the Achilles heel of Western civilization?

When Cyber-Attacks Hit U.S. Energy Companies, We All Pay

John Yemma | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
John Yemma

The ongoing cost of cyber-spying is lost jobs and higher energy prices. An estimated $1 trillion was stolen via the Internet in 2008. And the cost could be much worse if relations between the US and China deteriorate.