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US Cyber Command Reveals Plans To Hit Back At Cyber Threats
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ScuttleMonkey
on Fri Apr 04, 2008 02:34 PM
from the shoot-first-ask-questions-later dept.
from the shoot-first-ask-questions-later dept.
CNet News.com is reporting that the Air Force's Cyber Command has just as much interest in offense as defense. "Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER), a US military unit set up in September 2007 to fight in cyberspace, is due to become fully operational in the autumn under the aegis of the US Eighth Air Force. Lieutenant general Robert J. Elder Jr., who commands the Eighth Air Force's Barksdale base, told ZDNet.co.uk at the Cyber Warfare Conference 2008 that Air Force is interested in developing its capabilities to attack enemy forces as well as defend critical national infrastructure. "
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dupe first, ask questions later dept (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:dupe first, ask questions later dept (Score:4, Insightful)
To put it in simple terms, if someone is abusing your network bandwidth, you don't just throttle them down, you go tell them to knock it off (or something equivalent). That's an "offensive measure" and it's common sense, isn't it?
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Re:dupe first, ask questions later dept (Score:5, Funny)
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First time around? Not quite. (Score:2)
US Planning Response To a Cyber Attack [slashdot.org] was discussed more than a year ago in fact.
It's still worth discussing.
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Let's put that idea into a different context. As the state and local police forces around our country take continue to take a more offensive stance do you feel safer [stopthedrugwar.org]? How about the way music labels protect their interests, is that better when it is offensive? I don't think so. I think that the only time an offensive posture look like a good defense is when you are on the side being more aggressive. To everyone not being d
I can see the press release now. (Score:5, Funny)
"...and they tried to hit us with a DDoS, so we totally pwned those script kiddies. It wasn't hard, they were teh suk..."
Defense. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Troubling... (Score:2)
Contact General Spielberg! (Score:2, Funny)
Announcement for terrible cyber-war movie in 5... 4... 3...
"Sergeant! I've been pinged!"
"Dammit, Johnson! Get out of there!"
Sir, we are at launch! (Score:2)
I guess this explains a few things... (Score:3, Interesting)
I guess that explains what happened to me?
I got an email from a supply company requesting payment of nearly $15,000 for, I kid you not, 2200 telephones. Apparently, they'd been ordered, purchased and delivered to my former duty station at NCTAMS PAC in Hawaii.
Mind you, they were all delivered to a mailbox that was probably all of 8x3x5 inches. I did the math, and 2200 desk telephones wouldn't have fit inside the whole mail BUILDING, let alone the post box.
Nobody at the base ever saw the order-they would have, since that many phones would have come on 5 pallets-and nobody knew what they heck was going on. Finally, after working with the business owner, it was determined that the owner had been hacked.
The phones went one way, the bill went the other, I got a nervous laugh, the poor business owner got screwed and the military was twirling around going "Wha?! Wha?!? HUH!??!"
Didn't have to pay a cent, though. Wonder how it turned out?
Air forces (Score:4, Funny)
One air force should be enough for any country.
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Tear down and reassemble the PC box.. timed of course.
Why did you put that PC together so quickly, Gump?
You told me to, Drill Sergeant
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U.S. Spaceball Command (Score:2)
http://www.geocities.com/yank2010/jamit.wav [geocities.com]
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Actually, I'd think it'd be more like "give us your lunch money or we'll fsck up your mortgage, Visa cards, driver's license, and put your wife up on Craig's List."