Berto Jongman: US Attacking Iran and China — While Living in a Glass House

02 China, 05 Iran, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency
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On the hidden battlefields of history’s first known cyber-war, the casualties are piling up. In the U.S., many banks have been hit, and the telecommunications industry seriously damaged, likely in retaliation for several major attacks on Iran. Washington and Tehran are ramping up their cyber-arsenals, built on a black-market digital arms bazaar, enmeshing such high-tech giants as Microsoft, Google, and Apple. With the help of highly placed government and private-sector sources, Michael Joseph Gross describes the outbreak of the conflict, its escalation, and its startling paradox: that America’s bid to stop nuclear proliferation may have unleashed a greater threat.

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Berto Jongman: Building Trust in Cyberspace + Robert Garigue RECAP

Berto Jongman: Interview with a BlackHat + Related + USA Cyber-Idiocy RECAP

Berto Jongman: War of the Cyber Worm Plus Meta-RECAP

DefDog: $15 Billion for Cyber-Command, Zero for Actual Needs + Meta-RECAP

Journal: Army Industrial-Era Network Security + Cyber-Security RECAP (Links to Past Posts)

Mario Profaca: US Lacks Cyber-Intelligence + RECAP

Review: WORM – The First Digital World War

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