The Next Arms Race: Cyberweapons 125
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from the mutually-assured-downtime dept.
from the mutually-assured-downtime dept.
Harperdog writes "Scott Kemp writes about the similarities between the nuclear arms race and the use of cyberweaponry for offensive purposes. As the article points out, offensive cyberwarfare leaves a nation's own citizenry vulnerable to attack as government agencies seek to keep weaknesses in operating systems (such as Windows) secret. Quoting: 'In the world of armaments, cyber weapons may require the fewest national resources to build. That is not to say that highly developed nations are not without their advantages during early stages. Countries like Israel and the United States may have more money and more talented hackers. Their software engineers may be more skilled and exhibit more creativity and critical thinking owing to better training and education. However, each new cyberattack becomes a template for other nations — or sub-national actors — looking for ideas.'"
Re:or you could just... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not until someone dies. (Score:5, Funny)
"Loose chips sink ships."
Re:Not until someone dies. (Score:5, Funny)
terrible cybernews (Score:4, Funny)
One more crippling cybershell hit the already beleaguered cyberdefense community when CyberIDC confirmed that cyberwarfare rates have risen yet again, now up to more than 100 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Cybercraft survey which plainly states that cyberdefense has lost more cyberbattles, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Cyberdefense is collapsing in complete cyberchaos.