The computer attacks Russia allegedly orchestrated against Georgia in August
have raised the cyber warfare bar to a new threat level. The cyber assault
that accompanied Russia’s armed maneuver into its former territory of Georgia escalated to an international event. The concept of hurting a nation’s technological infrastructure as part of a wider conflict is not new. The extent to which the digital warfare was waged, however, clearly added to a growing concern that has already led U.S. officials to prepare for the next wave of computer warfare.
After years of research into the hacker culture, I have always believed that one day hackers would be organized enough, well funded, and bold enough to take down a country through its infrastructure. In fact, I have written a book with similar scenarios where a group takes control of the US power grid and cell phone network and holds the US hostage. Take a look at Dark End of the Spectrum at http://stores.lulu.com/aspnovelist and see for yourself.
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The Winds of Cyber War
Posted by: Jack M. Germain September 16, 2008 04:00 AMThe computer attacks Russia allegedly orchestrated against Georgia in August
have raised the cyber warfare bar to a new threat level. The cyber assault
that accompanied Russia’s armed maneuver into its former territory of Georgia escalated to an international event. The concept of hurting a nation’s technological infrastructure as part of a wider conflict is not new. The extent to which the digital warfare was waged, however, clearly added to a growing concern that has already led U.S. officials to prepare for the next wave of computer warfare.