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Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-will-oil-the-computers-of-the-future dept.

kenblakely writes "BusinessWeek is running a story asserting that the 'US is Losing the Global Cyberwar.' This whole cyberwar thing has been discussed a few times on Slashdot where the Chinese are asserted to be using cyberwarfare to attain military superiority. And, of course, there is the whole Russia-Georgia thing. Even the US military is getting in on the action, and the fear of a cyber Pearl Harbor seems almost palpable. I'm curious what the Slashdot crowd thinks about the growing fascination with 'cyberwar': hype to get more money and create new force structure, source of the next world war, or somewhere in between?"

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  1. Cyberwar? by kamikazearun · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no "cyberwar". BusinessWeek is losing it.

  2. I'm sorry... by GFree678 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... but all this talk about cyberwar just makes me think PEW! PEW! PEW! for some reason.

  3. Let me guess... by NickFortune · · Score: 3, Funny

    the Chinese are asserted to be using cyberwarfare to attain military superiority

    So how does that work? They've uploaded a soldier to a webserver somewhere, and now they're going to download him hundreds of times?

    Dammned fiendish of them, is all I can say.

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  4. dude by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    my tin foil hat says "made in china" on the side

    should i worry?

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