[liberationtech] Is the Cyberwar beginning?

[Gregory Foster]

Am 01.02.2013 08:52, schrieb Alex Comninos:
>> I believe what we would consider these days a trojan, was embedded by
>> the US in a SCADA system that the Russians then used.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_pipeline_sabotage

> On 2/1/13 4:07 AM, André Rebentisch wrote:
> Nice that you come up with the missing term: Sabotage. Is (cyber)
> sabotage considered an act of war? Depends...

WSJ (May 30, 2011) - "Cyber Combat: Act of War" by Siobhan Gorman and 
Julian E. Barnes:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576355623135782718.html

> The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another 
> country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first 
> time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military 
> force.


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