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The US-Soviet Cyber Cold War

Posted by samzenpus on from the mutually-assured-ddos dept.

Roberto123 writes "A security expert with the NSA says a cyber cold war is being waged that has significant parallels to the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union. Dickie George says the way to fight the cyber cold war is by building security into technology, making it transparent to the end user, continually monitoring networks and updating their security software."

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  1. Re:Some of us still remember the cold war... by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I had to clarify. USSR has invaded Germany in 1945, and US invaded Japan - but I don't suppose that is the kind of thing you had in mind.

    Let me be more specific, then - by "provocation" I specifically mean a deliberate and intentional act of aggression against Russian territory, or Russian troops legally stationed overseas. A specific example of that would be Georgian troops shelling Russian peacekeeper base in Tskhinvali during the Georgian invasion of South Ossetia, killing several troops stationed within.