When we opine “ cyber attacks , ” we usually recall of something along the lines of LulzSec or Russian botnets — mostly disruptive , and only destructive in the synopsis . But General Keith Alexander , head of US Cyber Command , say IRLmayhem ’s coming .
Speaking before a panel of eager - eared defense bros , Gen. Alexander import out the future of digital assaults : they ’re go to be physical assaults , exploiting the bridge between the internet and the machinery that depends on it . Alexander cite the inadvertent detonation of a hydroelectric source in Russia — triggered by a remote mis - click — that wiped out most the entire dam and killed 75 people . Such an fire , made deliberately , is what we should have a bun in the oven — and its destructive capability is outdo only by weapons of mass end , theWashington Times relays .
The “ destructive element , ” as Gen. Alexander calls it in typically - mitigate Pentagon speak , is “ coming,”—”It ’s a question of time . ” We ’ve already seen it materialise — thinkStuxnet . And despite the Pentagon claiming it ’s ready to go on theoffensive , US internet defense is confused and inflow . Most of the military does n’t even understand the threat , let alone what to do about it . Who ’s the enemy ? How are they attacking ? Where are they aggress from ? What the hell does “ cyber ” mean ? Whose responsibility is it to care ?
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great deal of interrogation — but at least we know what Cyber Command thinks we should dread . And hey , that ’s always swell . [ Washington Times ]
single file photo of Keith Alexander by Mark Wilson / Getty
Photo of Indian Point nuclear king plant by Mario Tama / Getty
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