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| US seeks right to wage cyberwar on whoever it like |
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| Moe_D |
| 01/10/03 at 14:12:18 |
| US seeks right to wage cyberwar on whoever it likes Assumes the role of virtual world policeman By Paul Hales: Tuesday 07 January 2003, 11:54 THE WARMONGERING BUSH administration proposes to allow itself to wage cyber war on other nations if it feels threatened, according to a new draft version of its "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace". The initial draft document published [url]http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.html#level5[/url] has been updated and passed under some knowing eyes. According to the Associated Press, the new draft contains fewer initiatives and dishes out responsibilities between the new Department of War, sorry, Homeland Security, and the CIA. And, according to AP, which has seen the draft, the US will reserve "the right to respond in an appropriate manner, including through cyber warfare." The US need not "be limited to criminal prosecution" if attacked cyberly, it says. The document suggests the CIA and the FBI be given the job of disrupting other countries "cyber" efforts to gain intelligence on US government agencies, while the Department of Homeland Security gets the job of shoring up the security of the Internet with special reference to ensuing essential utilities such as water and power are not vulnerable to hack attacks. The initial draft of the strategy blames attacks by viruses like the NIMDA worm for the need for a national cybersecurity strategy. "The nation’s economy is increasingly dependent on cyberspace," it says. "It is a mistake to think that past levels of cyber damage are accurate indicators of the future. Much worse can happen." |
| Re: US seeks right to wage cyberwar on whoever it |
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| theOriginal |
| 01/11/03 at 13:16:54 |
| [slm] [quote]Much worse can happen.[/quote] No kidding? Did that just filter through their brains? And I think it's a fair deal...if you're putting up top secret information on the net, it should be expected that there could be some little kid in the middle nowhere trying to hack into it. If you can find a way to protect yourself, good for you. But how inappropriate is it when you cannot learn to play fair, and make up new fake rules like "The US need not 'be limited to criminal prosecution' if attacked cyberly." Doesn't that pave the way for them to repeat what they've been doing all along? "Oh well we have evidence that Country X created a virus that could harm us. So in the name of the freedom that the US has always fighted for...let's infect Country X's, Y's, and Z's puters....coz we have nothing else to do with out sorry lives." Anyhow, why does the US government increasing act like a 4 your old kid who wants all the candy, and is unwilling to share. Oh and if someone else gets a little attention....they throw a tantrum. Just thought I'd vent my anger at this article. (I feel much better now.) SF. |
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