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China attacks biased U.S. cyber-spying report
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 7:56 | No Comment

“China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its …

Mossad Hacked Syrian Official’s Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Facility
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 21:15 | No Comment

“Agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel.
The intelligence agents planted a …

Cyberattacks traced to NKorea
Friday, 30 Oct, 2009 – 7:32 | No Comment

“The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.
The IP address — the Web equivalent of a …

Report: China building cyberwarfare capabilities
Thursday, 22 Oct, 2009 – 19:55 | No Comment

“China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent report.
Released Thursday by a …

Air Force Establishes ‘Reduced’ Cyber-War Command
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 19:32 | No Comment

A year ago, the Air Force suspended its plans to set up a new “cyber command” for network defense and online warfare. The suspension came at a tumultuous time for the air service. Its two …

Cyber Attack Against Georgia Blurred Civilian And Military
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 7:37 | No Comment

The cyber attacks against Georgia last year marked the first known time that computer networks were assaulted by civilians in conjunction with physical attacks conducted by a national military force.
A report on the events of …

Would a U.S. cyberattack on Iraq have changed things?
Tuesday, 4 Aug, 2009 – 21:33 | No Comment

When you talk about the invasion of Iraq, no matter what your stance, the conversation is bound to get ugly. There are some strong feelings on both sides concerning the 2003 invasion launched by the …

General: We Just Might Nuke Those Cyber Attackers
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 15:03 | No Comment

How would the American military respond to an attack on its networks? If we take the commander of U.S. strategic forces at his word, they’d nuke those hackers, if need be.
Speaking to reporters at a …

No options ‘off the table’ for U.S. response to cyber attacks
Friday, 8 May, 2009 – 18:58 | No Comment

The U.S. military’s response to a cyber attack would not necessarily be limited to cyberspace, the head of U.S. Strategic Command said Thursday.
“The Law of Armed Conflict will apply to this domain,” said Air Force …

S. Korea: N. Korea engaging in cyber-war
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 7:18 | No Comment

North Korea is operating a cyber-reconnaissance unit that targets South Korean and U.S. military networks, South Korean intelligence personnel said Tuesday.
The Korean People’s Army has been operating for years a “technology reconnaissance team,” charged with …