[iwar] Historical posting
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Date: Mon, Jan 1, 1999
From: Fred Cohen
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Subject: [iwar] Historical posting
US said vulnerable to cyber attacks Americans are addicted to the
Internet -- and their dependence is making them vulnerable to
cyberterrorist attacks, warns a national security adviser. Most
Americans don't realize how dependent they have become on computers --
not only at home or at the office, but also to run their electricity,
telephone, transportation and other infrastructure systems, said Richard
Clarke, the National Security Council adviser who heads counterterrorism
efforts.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/1048017l.htm
Moscow said to withhold full help on cyber-blitz Russian authorities
have withheld full cooperation in a multinational probe of computer
heists from sensitive Defense Department and other U.S. networks, a top
National Security Agency official said.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/1048183l.htm
The DVD Hack: What Next? [As if this is a surprise... - FC] DVD's
security system was supposed to be hacker-proof. Turns out it wasn't
idiot-proof. Thanks to a gaffe by one of the decryption software's
licensees, a band of Norwegian programmers made it possible to make a
perfect copy of a DVD film with none of that pesky encryption.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32265,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2388776,00.html
India, Syria, Iran adept at e-raids
Cyber raiders / Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON -- So far, as
many as 23 countries are believed to have the capacity to engage in
state-sponsored, surreptitious electronic raids. Among the most
sophisticated: India, Syria and Iran, experts say. Some nations already
have taken the leap:
Indonesia: Its government in January was identified as being behind a
coordinated assault on Ireland's Internet service provider, which hosted
a Web site advocating independence for the province of East Timor.
Russia: Hackers working for the Russian government targeted Pentagon
computer networks between January and May, apparently in search of naval
codes and missile guidance data. Pentagon officials say the attacks
failed to penetrate classified systems.
China: It launched an assault an array of U.S. government Web sites,
including those of the departments of Energy and Interior and the White
House's public site, which was knocked out of commission three times.
These occurred after a U.S. bomb accidentally struck the Chinese
Embassy in Belgrade in May during the conflict with Yugoslavia.
The assault was triggered by outraged Chinese government operatives,
apparently letting their emotions get the better of them. They lobbed a
fusillade of electrons but, by doing so, also revealed an astonishing
3,000 to 4,000 "back doors" into U.S. computer systems that had been
created by China, according to Jay Valentine, head of Infoglide Corp.,
an Austin, Texas, company that investigates computer security breaches
for the U.S. government.
Valentine estimates that number of secret passages amounts to only about
5 percent of those China has managed to establish in both government and
private industry systems.
Even more sobering is the public discussion now going on within China's
top military leadership circles about the desirability of developing a
"dirty war" strategy, in which computer viruses would be used against
the West. Revelations such as these are adding urgency to the
Pentagon's efforts to fortify its systems against incursions and cobble
together a war-fighting doctrine to guide its own conduct of cyber
combat.
Defense leaders have designated the U.S. Space Command in Colorado
Springs, Colo., as the headquarters for both offensive and defensive
cyber war, although it won't come online until next October.
FC