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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: Pentagon: Cyber Attacks mean War |
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For the first time, the Pentagon has decided that cyber attacks constitute an act of war
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The U.S. military drafted a classified 30-page document concluding that the U.S. may respond to cyber attacks from foreign countries with traditional military force, citing the growing threat of hackers on U.S. infrastructure such as subways, electrical grids or nuclear reactors. "If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks," a military official told the Journal. While some say the policy is in keeping with the times, others worry that it could lead the country into war more easily.
One idea gaining momentum at the Pentagon is the notion of 'equivalence,' reports the Journal. "If a cyber attack produces the death, damage, destruction or high-level disruption that a traditional military attack would cause, then it would be a candidate for a 'use of force' consideration, which could merit retaliation. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:07 am Post subject: |
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It's undoubtedly an act of war, in my opinion, but calculating the appropriate response is the tricky part. Just a few weeks ago NK attacked Nong Hyup Bank (the farmers bank) with a branch in every dong in the country and denied all account holders access to their accounts. Some people were severely inconvenienced. The trouble with a response was NK only has a few hundred thousand computers, so you can't counter-attack their banks, or whatever. Do you escalate to a military response?
This is one of those new threats that governments face and no one so far has figured out a counter-measure. Do you need a declaration of war in order to tamper with Iran's nuclear program? This is new territory. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
It's undoubtedly an act of war, in my opinion, but calculating the appropriate response is the tricky part. Just a few weeks ago NK attacked Nong Hyup Bank (the farmers bank) with a branch in every dong in the country and denied all account holders access to their accounts. Some people were severely inconvenienced. The trouble with a response was NK only has a few hundred thousand computers, so you can't counter-attack their banks, or whatever. Do you escalate to a military response?
This is one of those new threats that governments face and no one so far has figured out a counter-measure. Do you need a declaration of war in order to tamper with Iran's nuclear program? This is new territory. |
Send over some more balloons of Drama DVDs and Girls Generation posters. |
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