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Cyber armies are gearing up in the cold war of the web
A major online attack could bring a country to its knees. Nato's hawks back a strategy that threatens cybergeddon
- tptacek 17y agoWake me when one of these stories has something interesting or actionable to say. Obama or not, China or not, Web 2.0 or not, people have been writing this exact same story since 1994.
- TrevorJ 17y agoI would point out that, during the cold war, we never got bombed and yet years later many interesting and fascinating stories about close calls, spies and intrigue have come to the surface. I don't doubt that a lot goes on that we may not be privy to for some time.
- imajes 17y agoPlus, when are we going to start to hear the horror stories of nuclear subs cutting cables (again)? If we start to have combat patrols guarding the inter continental cabling...
- abyssknight 17y agoCory Doctorow's "Overclocked" has a great little story in it called "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" that always comes to mind when I read headlines like this: http://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocked_-_When_Sysadmins_Ruled_the_Earth.html http://craphound.com/overclocked/Cory_Doctorow_-_Overclocked...