The only cyber wars going on in government are probably done discreetly without any side even knowing it's occuring. it's called SPYING. But i do not, personally, have any proof of this.
sr. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Radoslav Dejanović < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Ferguson wrote: > > > Also, I wish to say: > > > > "It is clear that there are anti-Georgian forces at work on the > > Internet." > > > > "Who they are, and what their motivations are 9at this point), > > remains to be seen." > > Just for the record... > > There were in the past several such "cyber wars" between Croatia and > Serbia, with the scenario not quite unlike this one. The scenario is as > follows: > > 1. there's some political tension between countries; > > 2. someone on one side decides that it would be highly patriotic to > attack servers on the other side; > > 3. someone on the other side retaliates by attacking other country's > servers; > > 4. more individuals join in, adding to the magnitude of the event; > clueless media joins in with headlines like "brave local patriots are > hacking the (evil) other side into oblivion; we have won the real war, > we're going to win this one too"; > > 5. governments do not quite understand what is going on, but they do not > intervene because they can get some political points out of that mess > (cracked government web pages are collateral damage and in fact good for > propaganda); > > 6. after some time, the "cyberwar" ceases. > > > IMHO, what is going on in Georgia is a scenario like the one above. I > don't think there's any real cyberwar between governments going on, but > in fact local groups of people who believe that they're showing their > patriotism. Therefore: > > - who they are: groups of individuals, not a state operated force > > - what are their motivations: showing patriotism and having a > "legitimate" target to practice "cyberwar", as nobody is going to > prosecute a patriotic attack on enemy country's infrastructure. > > - how to end it: it will end by itself. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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