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Re: [infowar.de] Fierce cyber war predicted
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:57:15AM +0100, Pluto wrote:
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: Salve,
:
: ein bisschen wundert mich die Naivitaet der Amis. Da haben die vor 10
: Jahren die Sued-Iraker im stich gelassen und zugesehen als die Executionen
: stattfanden. Jetzt wollen die den Generaelen erzaehlen, sie sollen den
: gleichen Fehler machen. Da Araber eher noch auf Handschlag, als auf
: Ewige-Gerichtsfilme stehen, ist das iritierend daemlich vom Pentagon.
:
: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/03/sprj.irq.info.war.ap/index.html
:
: Fierce cyber war predicted
: Strides in technology magnify info war potential
:
: Monday, March 3, 2003 Posted: 10:49 AM EST (1549 GMT)
:
: NEW YORK (AP) -- Imagine Iraqi commanders getting misleading text messages
: on their cell phones. They appear to contain orders from Saddam Hussein
: but are actually sent by the U.S. military in disguise, directing Iraqi
: troops to a trap.
:
: Or how about a radar that confuses the Iraqi air defense system by showing
: U.S. bombers in the wrong locations, or heading in the wrong direction?
:
: Although information operations has been a tool of warfare for centuries,
: the Internet and other technologies are boosting capabilities -- and the
: stakes. Already, the Pentagon has sent unsolicited e-mails to Iraqi
: generals, encouraging them to defect.
:
: "Warfare is less and less about pushing men and machines around the
: battlefield and more and more about pushing electrons and photons," said
: Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute in
: Arlington, Virginia.
:
: Comments hard to come by
:
: The Pentagon has been mostly mum about what it can do and plans. Military
: analysts wouldn't reveal specifics, fearful the Iraqis could develop
: countermeasures.
:
: "One thing I can tell you for sure: People who really know about these
: programs can't tell you about these programs," said Bruce Berkowitz, a
: senior analyst with Rand. But Berkowitz did spell out the goals: Shape
: perceptions and get ahead of the enemy's decision-making intelligence
: through spying, jamming and deception.
:
: Chris Prosise, a Foundstone Inc. security researcher formerly with the Air
: Force's Information Warfare Center, said the U.S. military has the same
: tools available to computer hackers. A virus, for instance, can create
: "backdoor" openings for later break-ins.
:
: Information operations could also involve steering Iraqis to less-secure
: communications channels for easier spying, such as by destroying the
: infrastructure required for encryption. That can be done with bombs,
: computer attacks or, perhaps, electromagnetic-pulse weapons, which disable
: electronics with massive bursts of electricity.
:
: During the Civil War, when signal flags were used, Union forces broke
: Confederate coding schemes and diverted the South's troops by planting
: bogus messages, Berkowitz said.
:
: And during World War II, Allies fooled Germans by "leaking" battle plans
: involving nonexistent troops.
: Net helps deception
: FACT BOX
: Iraq can also hack U.S. computers from afar just as the Pentagon can break
: into Iraqi systems. Defense is as much a part of the preparations.
:
: The Internet makes deception easier. Getting away with it, though, can be
: harder. Saddam can check Google for references to an Army division or read
: local newspapers reporting on their units' whereabouts.
:
: "These soldiers are still getting haircuts and shopping, and local
: merchants are going to report massive drop-offs in sales due to troops
: deploying," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a research
: organization.
:
: Sgt. Maj. Lewis Matson, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, would
: only confirm two previously used "propaganda" methods.
:
: For months, planes have been dropping leaflets over the "no-fly" zones,
: warning Iraqi soldiers not to fire at American aircraft and stressing
: Saddam's suppression of the Iraqi people. The 193rd Special Operations
: Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard also has been broadcasting
: recorded radio messages from EC-130E Commando Solo aircraft.
:
: One of the six Commando Solos, which can also broadcast television, has an
: antenna for retransmitting live satellite feeds, said Senior Master
: Sgt. Michael Kovach, an electronics instructor with the 193rd wing.
:
: Its first use could come in Iraq.
: Encouraging surrender
: start quoteThey'll use this whole thing as a big training ground. They'll
: experiment with everything they've been thinking about for a long time.end
: quote
: -- James Bamford, intelligence expert and author
:
: One hypothetical use of such a transmitter could be to encourage surrender
: by beaming into Iraq doctored video of Saddam being captured. Such tactics
: could backfire, however, if a conflicting version were to appear via one
: of the many information sources now available -- radio, Internet,
: satellite TV.
:
: Military officials privately acknowledge that they've sent e-mail to Iraqi
: generals, encouraging dissent and defections and warning against following
: any order to use weapons of mass destruction.
:
: The U.S. Strategic Command, meanwhile, has the Joint Task Force for
: Computer Network Operations available for computer attacks. The National
: Security Agency also has invested heavily in this area over the past five
: years, said intelligence expert and author James Bamford.
:
: Bill Sweetman, a contributing editor with Jane's International Defense
: Review, said the U.S. military benefits from its familiarity with the
: Russian computer systems used by Iraqis.
:
: The Chinese-built fiber-optic cables running Iraq's air defenses may be
: harder to penetrate than the airwaves, but military hackers can do much
: more -- and quietly -- once they are breached, Brookings Institution
: fellow Peter Singer said.
: Developing guidelines
:
: There has also been talk of disrupting bank accounts through hacking,
: though retired Air Force Col. Alan Campen, an editor of four books on
: cyberwarfare, warns that doing so could hurt the global financial system.
:
: "When you're launching a computer attack against somebody, how do you know
: you've got them and haven't hurt yourself?" he asked.
:
: President Bush already has signed a secret order to develop guidelines on
: launching cyberattacks. Once bombs start dropping, Bamford said, the
: military and intelligence communities will likely get all the authority
: they want.
:
: "They'll use this whole thing as a big training ground," Bamford
: said. "They'll experiment with everything they've been thinking about for
: a long time."
:
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:
: Gruss
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