‘International cyber warfare is becoming more sophisticated’
RT.com
January 21, 2015
Cyber warfare has developed into a more sophisticated type of combat between countries, where you can destroy communications infrastructure, said Marc Rogers, Head of Security for DefCon, adding that ordinary people become pawns in these games.
US President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union Address this Tuesday in which one of the main issues discussed was US cyber-security policy. In June 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked several documents, according to which the US and its allies had been attempting to expand their influence in the digital world. In the wake of the leaks, Obama urged Congress to pass legislation to “meet the evolving threat of cyber-attacks.”
RT: Snowden’s new leaks show that the US military is preparing for a new area of battle – Cyber warfare. Could you tells us in detail how it is planning to combat potential enemies?
Marc Rogers: I don’t think there is anything that new here. Cyber war is something that has been going on for some time. It just is becoming more sophisticated. Traditionally cyber war was essentially blocking the communications channels of other countries. So if you are preparing to invade someone you then flood their networks, flood their telephone systems, flood their data and cripple their ability to communicate.
Now we are talking about a much more sophisticated type of cyber war where you’re infiltrating other countries, you are looking for their spy operations, you are looking for their implants, their little tricks they’ve hidden, and you’re even trying to subvert them for your own ability, or you are trying to put things in place so that in the event of a conflict you can hijack all of their stuff, steal information and gain the upper hand in terms of intelligence and in terms of destroying their communications infrastructure.
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