Cyberwarfare
Not to be confused with "cyberterrorism", which is a behaviour of non-state "terrorists". For the threatening of supply chains and disaster planning, see Cyber attack.
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| Cyberwarfare is the use of digital tools and tactics to conduct acts of espionage, disruption, or sabotage in the virtual realm, often with the goal of achieving political, military, or economic objectives. |
Cyberwarfare are attacks against the digital infrastructure of an enemy state. It generally involves the hacking of computer systems and networks, but since the rise of social media has an added information or propaganda element, to influence foreign audiences and affect the decision-making of the adversary.[1]
At the same time, "cyberwarfare" is a plastic word used to promote fear, uncertainty and doubt. The formation of groups like [[The 77th Brigade]] and Integrity Initiative attest to the fact, that any and all audiences have become a target;[2][3] psychological operations have become a integral part of cyberwarfare and "cyberdefence".
Official narrative
Cyber Warfare is warfare in the Cyberspace domain, which is defined by the SECDEF as “a global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems and embedded processors and controllers.” Cyber Warfare encompasses Computer Network Operations (e.g. Attack, Defend and Exploit,) Information Assurance, and the network operations that encompass Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and Information Operations (IO) functions that occur within the Cyberspace domain. This includes Computer Network Operations (CNO) against automated systems (e.g. C4ISR), and the interaction between the physical, social and biological networks that define human-machine interaction.[4]
5D
The objectives in cyberwar usually include one or more of the “5 Ds”: deny, degrade, disrupt, deceive, and/or destroy.[5]
"Destroy" does include the destruction of hardware, or erasure of data on devices of activists, political dissidents and whistleblowers. Jonathan Elinoff said that his Raid array with archival material of 911 TV reporting had all it's disks break at the same time.Template:Cn George Eliason had files removed from his computer.Template:Cn Eric West in a video interview with survivors who have lost their home in the 2023 Hawaii fire, hints at the fact that videos are getting removed from phones of local people.[6]
Information operations
- Full article: Information operations
- Full article: Information operations
Information operations (IO),[7] or Inform and Influence Activities are closely linked to Cyberwar. Sometimes these are having overlap with Psyops.
Integrity Initiative
- Full article: Integrity Initiative
- Full article: Integrity Initiative
There are two leaked documents from the II in 2016, which have argued that a focus for the government should be the recruiting of school children to remain ahead of the competition in the cyber space domain.[8][9]
To foster a world-leading reservoir of potential cyber talent among children and young people (initially 12-18 year olds, but spreading to younger children as the programme evolves).
GCHQ in schools
In 2020 Matt Kennard for Declassified UK reported that GCHQ tries to recruit school children from the age of four years and up,[10] offering lessons on how to hack passwords and vulnerable machines, and how to spy on other children’s wifi traffic. The Cyber Schools Hub programme was set up in 2017 and “seeks to give young students the space and the opportunity to excel and explode into the market of cyber security and innovation”.[11]
Purposes
Bill Blunden opines that "the gilded hyperbole of Cyberwar being peddled to the public is dangerous because it distracts us from focusing on actual threats and constructive solutions."[12]
External links
- Conflicts in Cyberspace - Academic peer reviewed publications
- Salon (2014) - Google's secret NSA alliance: The terrifying deals between Silicon Valley and the security state
- Mitre - Hacking Groups
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150912000739/https://publicintelligence.net/information-operations-are-now-inform-and-influence-activities/
- ↑ The ART of DECEPTION : Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations - This document is an internal GCHQ presentation prepared by the Joint Threat Intelligence Research Group (JTRIG). It describes the division's covert online operations, specifically the control, infiltration and manipulation of online communication between targets. another link
- ↑ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/08/nato-cognitive-warfare-brain/
- ↑ https://publicintelligence.net/hbgary-dod-cyber-warfare-support-work-statement/
- ↑ https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/04/deny-degrade-disrupt-deceive-destroy/
- ↑ starting ca 08:05 - Maui Lahaina Fire : Behind the Scenes with Real Survivors : Jeremy and Elisha Baldwin 4 Children (Aug 22, 2023) Hawaii Real Estate YT channel
- ↑ https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/12102012_io1.pdf saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:Executive_Summary_Cyber_Security_Education_Programme_for_Children_and_Young_People
- ↑ https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:CyberGuardian_Cyber_Security_Education_Programme_for_Children_and_Young_People
- ↑ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-02-revealed-the-uks-largest-intelligence-agency-is-infiltrating-british-schools/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-04-revealed-veterans-of-the-uk-militarys-cyber-warfare-unit-are-teaching-school-children-how-to-launch-cyber-attacks/ saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ File:Manufactured consent and cyberwar.pdf