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1 COMP 2903 A21 – The Evolution of Cyber Warfare Danny Silver JSOCS, Acadia University

2 Greg Bruno Backgrounder: Council on Foreign Relations, Feb 27, 2008 CFR.org's defense and national security writer Published by The Washington Post, The New York Times, MSNBC Received numerous state and national reporting awards for investigative and spot news 2008 selected to travel to Turkey as a Gatekeeper Editor by the International Reporting Project at Johns Hopkins University Has recently investigated China's foreign policy

3 Estonia, spring, 2007 Estonia 1.3 M people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjrMHFgjE8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjrMHFgjE8&feature=related ¾ nationals, ¼ ethnic Russian – Governing body moves monument to Red Army to outskirts of Tallinn – Ethnic Russians took to the streets in protest Days after the riots - a massive “denial of service” attack on Estonia banks, media, gov’t websites –first widely reported cyber attack Russian’s claim no involvement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc0BdYh8_fc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BG4sJQHW6k

4 Cyber Warfare Isarel, India, Pakistan, US have all been accused of cyber attacks China felt to be the most active says US June, 2007 – Financial Times reports Chinese hackers broke into Office of Secretary of Defense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Xgpl8X-s0&feature=related

5 But it is complex … US companies like Google are playing a role … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDpjjYlVWlo&feature=fvst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDpjjYlVWlo&feature=fvst

6 US Cyber Warfare on the Offensive Details of Washington’s cyber warfare capabilities are not fully known, but it is underway – March, 2004 – Pentagon forms Information Operations team “Network Attack Support Staff” – Nov, 2007 – NSA and Homeland Security $144M plan to protect gov’t and civilian networks – Jan, 2008 – Bush signed 2 directives for a national cyber- security initiative - $6 B budget request

7 Cyber Warfare Tactics “Suter” airborne tech for invading and jamming enemy networks Malware, spyware Botnets Tactics focus on critical infra structure – What could you do in cyberspace to bring Canada to it’s knees?

8 US.vs. Iran How to take a nuclear plant … http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5292321985016128434#docid=- 7203304217766058329 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5292321985016128434#docid=- 7203304217766058329 And will Iran reciprocate:https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/16971- Cyber-Attacks-Iran-Will-Retaliate.htmlhttps://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/16971- Cyber-Attacks-Iran-Will-Retaliate.html

9 Or Is Cyber war a Gov’t Hoax with a different Agenda Civil liberties are under threat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeGYa3S5FM&feature=fvsr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeGYa3S5FM&feature=fvsr Funded by Fear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210T_00GnOg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210T_00GnOg&feature=related


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