US General Struggles To Explain A Possible 'Cyber War' -- France 24/AFPThe US general nominated to lead a new cyber command on Thursday struggled to explain to lawmakers how the United States would wage a digital war, saying key questions remained unanswered.
Lieutenant General Keith Alexander said the new command would operate under the laws of armed conflict but that much about cyber warfare remained "unchartered territory."
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My Comment: He does not know what a future cyber war will look like .... his predictions are just that .... predictions.
On a side note, there will be a day when the U.S. intelligence community will start to envision how they can start and conduct a cyber war campaign. In short .... an offensive campaign and not a defensive one. I am sure that there has been some preliminary studies on this topic .... and it is probably classified top secret .... but if they are given an order to conduct a cyber war they must have some plan and/or concept in place.
If any of my readers have an idea on what such a U.S. campaign will entail, please put the relevant links in the comments section. I am curious to know what the U.S. envisions is a cyber war .... with the U.S. being the actual instigator of such a conflict.
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NSA director under friendly fire in US Senate. US National Security Agency director, Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, spoke last Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He addressed the synergies among the NSA, the newly created Cyber Command, and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as the concept of cyberwar: “In general terms, I do think a cyberwar could exist”, he said, but only “as part of a larger military campaign”.
Pakistan and India have already had several cyber wars already.
http://propakistani.pk/2008/11/24/here-we-go-again/
another cyberwar activity can be witnessed on wikipedia even today. some articles (relating to Pakistan and India) regularly get changed by one side one day and the other side the next day. this is information/propoganda warfare via internet.
Sharjeel makes a good point on the "cyberwar" activity between Pakistan and India. This has been ongoing for a long time, and it does deserve more analysis and commentary.
I smell a post on this topic in the near future.
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