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Military Asserts Right To Respond To Cyberattacks
Hugh Pickens writes "AP reports that National Security Agency director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander says the US should counter computer-based attacks swiftly and strongly and act to thwart or disable a threat even when the attacker's identity is unknown. 'Even with the clear understanding that we could experience damage to our infrastructure, we must be prepared to fight through in the worst case scenario,' wrote Alexander in a 32-page Senate questionnaire he answered in preparation for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to head Cyber Command. Alexander offered a limited but rare description of offensive US cyber activities, saying the US has 'responded to threats, intrusions and even attacks against us in cyberspace,' and has conducted exercises and war games, adding that it is unclear whether or not those actions have deterred criminals, terrorists or nations."
Let them respond to cyber attacks today and tomorrow they'll be asking if they can defend against physical attacks. I don't think we can afford to go down this road.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Well, yeah, but it's more of a question if it'll hold our attention long enou- ooh, Entertainment Tonight is on!
Why are essential systems connected to the internet?
Yeah, who let the military on the internet in the first place?!
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security. --Edmund Burke
...but *why* are you USAers, as a people, worth saving?
Oh, you mean *cyber* attack. Duh.
Colorless green Cthulhu waits dreaming furiously.
Perhaps the most wise thing Richard Nixon ever said:
This kind of attack can happen really fast, too fast for a human to respond to. Perhaps a machine would respond. While we're at it, why limit ourselves to fighting them in cyberspace? Let's take out their physical infrastructure. We don't want to put human soldiers in the way so let's use robots and drones. We'll need to control it all with good sight lines. Let's control them from the sky with a network.
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Clearly what is needed is a coordinated network of computers and physical warfare technologies that can detect these threats and determine the proper course of action. I suggest we name this network Skynet.