Infiltrator Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 By Emil Protalinski, TechSpot.com Published: May 19, 2011, 10:00 AM EST The US this week revealed its "International Strategy for Cyberspace" with the subtitle of "Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networked World" (via Ars Technica). The 30-page PDF document praises cyberspace and generally says nothing too exciting. It does, however, mention how the US government could respond to cyber-attacks, especially if someone were to pull off a serious cyberspace hack against the US, its allies, its partners, or in a way to threaten its interests. In fact, the document says that military force is now an option. It's thus possible that the US will one day start a war in response to corporate or governmental computer systems being breached. If that sounds scary to you, that's because it is, especially if a hack isn't attributed to the correct party. Here's a relevant excerpt: When warranted, the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country. All states possess an inherent right to self-defense, and we recognize that certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments we have with our military treaty partners. hat being said, this is a last resort, and other policies will be attempted before such an attack is even considered. These alternative means include diplomatic, informational, and economic. The US makes three more related declarations: it will exhaust all options before military force whenever it can, it will carefully weigh the costs and risks of action against the costs of inaction, and it will act in a way that reflects its values and strengthens the country's legitimacy, seeking broad international support whenever possible. It's also worth noting that the US is focusing on dissuading hackers from their motives. In other words, the cyberspace security strategy is more based on defense rather than offense. That's great to hear, because in this case we don't think the best defense is a good offense. Source: http://www.techspot.com/news/43863-us-if-you-hack-us-we-may-use-military-action.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calianna Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 That's well a little bit hmmmm deep tbh :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeemo Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Well then...Lets just hope no one gets framed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calianna Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Does seem a worrying concept to be honest, I wonder what level of cyber-attack would push them to this? Stuxnet level you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 (edited) Does seem a worrying concept to be honest, I wonder what level of cyber-attack would push them to this? Stuxnet level you think? In order for the USA to call in for military support, there would have to be a large scale cyber-attack like in the Die Hard 4 movie. Or something that could put the national security at immediate thread. Besides Stuxnet was only designed to attack SCADA systems in Iran, but if the worm had been designed in such a way that it could attack other systems in a large scale, like taking baking systems offline or causing other vital network systems to crush then that would been a whole different story. I know that hasn't happened but Die Hard 4 to me was more like a wake up call to alert authorities, that cyber-attacks have evolved in a whole new sophisticated way and it needs to be addressed or else we will crash and burn. Edited May 21, 2011 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calianna Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Were talking the whole package here, then and not just SCADA systems, so basically you can look at it Die Hard 4 way really, I guess. Power, Transport, Finance etc if all were hit at once, Die Hard4, otherwise if some were hit individually think that it would have the same effect? I'm not sure tbh......opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Were talking the whole package here, then and not just SCADA systems, so basically you can look at it Die Hard 4 way really, I guess. Power, Transport, Finance etc if all were hit at once, Die Hard4, otherwise if some were hit individually think that it would have the same effect? I'm not sure tbh......opinions? I agree, and I wasn't just talking about SCADA systems, I was also referring to a lot more than just that. Basically if a worm could be designed to take down a power plant system, then everything else that relies on that power plan to operate will stop functioning, "Power, Transport, Finance etc". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatspazztard Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Well lets just get world war three started and jump onto some Russian proxies. :3 too sick and just over the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 does hacking include downloading pirated warez from the U.S.? If so we're all screwed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sorrow Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Great. "In Soviet Russia, you hack us we nuke you" First thing that came to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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