Monday, June 08, 2009

10 things you didn't know about cyberwarfare; T-Mobile hacked? Juniper claims first 100G Ethernet

T-Mobile net reportedly hit by hacker/extortion attack; Juniper claims first with 100G Ethernet
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10 things you didn't know about cyberwarfare

Imagine a situation where a powerful country wants to annex its small neighbor, so it launches a week-long campaign of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the financial, energy, telecom and media systems of its neighbor's biggest ally. A week later, the aggressor launches a full-scale cyberwar on its neighbor that includes air and naval defenses. With its ally's defenses weakened, the neighbor agrees to become a province of the aggressor in less than a week. Read full story

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June 08, 2009

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