NATO's Next War—in Cyberspace -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal
The Atlantic Alliance protected its members during the age of the Berlin Wall. We must be prepared to protect them during the age of the firewall.
On April 23, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 150 points within seven minutes, destroying billions of dollars in value. The reason was a message on the Associated Press's Twitter account claiming that two explosions had shaken the White House.
The tweet was quickly exposed as bogus, the result of hacking by a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. The Dow recovered immediately. But the lesson was clear. A single tweet can cause major economic disruption.
How times have changed. During the age of the Berlin Wall, tanks and ideologies faced off across closed borders. In the age of the firewall, borders are open, ideas are free and war can be virtual—but its consequences just as devastating and real.
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My Comment: Next war ?!?!?! .... someone should tell the NATO Secretary General that you are in one already .... Nato suffered 2,500 cyber attacks in 2012.
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