This is not the first cyber war in any way or shape. My father was in the national security agency his entire career working against orchestrated "cyber" attacks from different countries. Going all the way to the USSR (pre break-up), there were routine electronic attacks.
Just because there are "invisible wars" going on that don't make the news doesn't make it the first attack. If we look at simple strategic placements of the first U.S. incursion into Iraq, we had frigates performing electronic warfare on a tactical level along with entire departments of government personnel using cyber warfare after 9-11.
It is a very simple realization to many U.S. citizens how fragile the economic platforms really are. If you know what domino to tip, you can cause a pretty massive cascading failure.
russwbeck
· 5 months ago
You are absolutely correct, cyber warfare has been occurring for more than a decade now. Only recently has it become a 'hot topic' with Obama being the first President to push for policy in the cyber realm.
Alex
· 5 months ago
Cyberwars have been fought already in recent times. Just a couple of examples: Russia-Estonia 2 years ago and Russia-Georgia last summer.
wewillchange
· 5 months ago
I'm kind of worried it was a distraction, allowing for something more damaging to be put in place. But hey, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about.
tlrobinson
· 5 months ago
You've been watching too much "24", haven't you? ;)
wewillchange
· 5 months ago
How'd you know!!
James
· 5 months ago
I am not very worried over North Korea. I think they are pretty delayed in technology compared to the United States and other civilized countries.
http://www.twibeo.com This site has nothing to do with the article but it's pretty cool. :)
bob
· 5 months ago
Sounds like a good excuse for "tighter government control over the Internet"
r0cketman22
· 5 months ago
I used to have cyber wars back in my AOL Chatrooms days.
jef
· 5 months ago
Well, the point is "allegedly". No one knows, even NIS (I'm pretty sure), who and why did it. I mean, KISA (Korea Information Security Agency, National CERT) mentioned earlier today, even though they've been analyzing the packet that transmitted from infected PCs, they just have "NO" idea whatsoever and might take quite long to break down.
I think it's nothing but just poking N. Korea or trying to bring McCarthyism back in town.
mark
· 5 months ago
Well it's fairly conspicuous that only S. Korea and the US were targeted... know anyone else who hates both countries vehemently and has shown an overly aggressive attitude and lack of regard for international relations for the last 60 years?
toni
· 5 months ago
As long as blackdogstudios is still around, Im happy :]
steve
· 5 months ago
I read today that Israel is very far ahead of the curve in this regard to Iran. I also heard that the software used by Iranians to get around the censors was developed in Tel Aviv.
fixator
· 5 months ago
OMG! This is gonna be awesome if they cover it on the major cable networks....we all love a good conspiracy ! Just think of the line Fox would run with...
fixator
· 5 months ago
OMG! This is gonna be awesome if they cover it on the major cable networks....we all love a good conspiracy ! Just think of the line Fox would run with...
Brandon Mendelson
· 5 months ago
Too soon to tell. I'd say this is likely the case, but lets hope not.
Chuck101
· 5 months ago
It's like the whole world sense weakness in the USA. We have traced it back to North Korea and we do is say we know it happened, if this had happened to any other country, this would be an act of war. No, we are never safe when we have liberals controlling things. They only seem to care about increasing taxes and cutting national defense.
افلام
· 5 months ago
Well it's fairly conspicuous that only S. Korea and the US were targeted... know anyone else who hates both countries vehemently and has shown an overly aggressive attitude and lack of regard for international relations for the last 60 years
datashaman
· 4 months ago
Well, the correct answer we now know is the UK. Overly aggressive attitude, perhaps, lack of regard for international relations, definitely. :)
Riel
· 5 months ago
Didn't the russians shut down Romainia a few years ago?
I'm pretty sure I remember reading about them being under IP siege that was a controlled attack.
A D Mitchell
· 5 months ago
Warmongering is a well trodden path. Let's not be overly gullible here: remember the Weapons of Mass Destruction?
In history uncounted conflagrations have been started or stoked by the agencies who stand to gain the most wealth by selling to both sides if the conflict, namely the weapons dealers - in thus case cyber security firms and the miltary industrial complex as a whole.
Know your history, know your reality.
Stiennon
· 5 months ago
A lot of great comments have pointed out that no, this is not the "first", since Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Georgia, Israel, Pakistan, India, have experienced similar attacks. There was also the May 1, 2001 attacks against US sites that came from Chinese hackers exploiting a vulnerability in MSFT ISS. Of course last month saw concerted attacks against Iranian gov sites orchestrated through Twitter.
Great to see that most US sites had no problem getting back up and running. This was a good demonstration of knowing what to do in case of an attack. Next up: surviving the initial attack.
akila87
· 5 months ago
Cant say exactly but i think being prepared will be good. We cant let any country to govern the world. Not for USA not for Korea.
datashaman
· 4 months ago
For completeness, recent reports indicate that this attack came from the UK, NOT Korea...
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Just because there are "invisible wars" going on that don't make the news doesn't make it the first attack. If we look at simple strategic placements of the first U.S. incursion into Iraq, we had frigates performing electronic warfare on a tactical level along with entire departments of government personnel using cyber warfare after 9-11.
It is a very simple realization to many U.S. citizens how fragile the economic platforms really are. If you know what domino to tip, you can cause a pretty massive cascading failure.
http://www.twibeo.com
This site has nothing to do with the article but it's pretty cool. :)
I think it's nothing but just poking N. Korea or trying to bring McCarthyism back in town.
I'm pretty sure I remember reading about them being under IP siege that was a controlled attack.
In history uncounted conflagrations have been started or stoked by the agencies who stand to gain the most wealth by selling to both sides if the conflict, namely the weapons dealers - in thus case cyber security firms and the miltary industrial complex as a whole.
Know your history, know your reality.
Great to see that most US sites had no problem getting back up and running. This was a good demonstration of knowing what to do in case of an attack. Next up: surviving the initial attack.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/1...