With the US becoming more and more open about its role in cyber-attacks like the Stuxnet worm, which targeted Iranian nuclear centrifuges, experts say that the ongoing “cyberwar” between the US and Iran, which has apparently been ongoing for quite some time, is poised to be a long one.
The most recent front on this war is the Flame Virus, though so far the US hasn’t formally admitted to being responsible for the attack. This virus intends at mass surveillance, capturing keystrokes, screenshots, and even turning on microphones on infected computers to record conversations.
The Flame Virus doesn’t seem to do anything directly malicious, unlikely Stuxnet, which after it escaped the Iranian centrifuges began wreaking havoc on industrial computers the world over. Officials are saying that these sorts of clandestine attacks are their new preferred method of operation insisting that such attacks are “not really warfare.”
This of course is the exact opposite of what the Pentagon has publicly said all along about possible cyber-attacks against the US, saying they would treat any such move as an act of war and might respond militarily.
What the US doesn't sem to realise is that it is pissing off increasing amounts of people the world over, who will all one day be looking for payback.
Very well said, Dave, very well indeed.
A major BBC World Service poll exploring how people in 33 countries view various countries found that views of Iran are lower than the US, although the US continues to get low marks.
Get the irony here. The only reason why the world views Iran so negatively is because of the propaganda war against them by Isreal and its lapdogs in the West. However, the noteworthy fact here is that the world views the US as the second worst after Iran. Isreal is right up there and moving up quickly. Granted people's opinions don't count and it's all about what the 1% elites ruling the world want, say or do. But for whatever it's worth, here it is in black and white:
Global Poll: Iran Seen Playing Negative Role
US Continues to Get Low Marks
http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc06-3/in…
if any record is left at all future generation will know the 21st century not as the great turning point of humanity to peace and science, but of the american empire and it's vast number of "long wars"
sad really
In a long cyberwar, it will not be all we attack them and they just take it. Attacks will come back. That is the nature of war. Cyberwar only requires a limited number of experts, and they have some. They may not match us, but neither are they helpless.
Until now, our wars have all been "over there." This war will come back right here to home. This changes what it means to fight wars of choice, and even more to fight wars of choice for Israeli interests not our own.
Cyber-terrorism is a crime. Can anyone come up with another criminal in human history in which the criminal loudly boasted of his actions?
Even Hitler knew better than that and was more humble about his efforts.