Attack by Korean Hacker Prompts U.S. DoD Cyber Debate

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via FCW.com.

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Defense Department computer networks are probed and attacked hundreds of
time each day. But a recent attack on the civilian Internet is causing DOD
officials to re-examine whether the policies under which they fight cyber
battles are tying their hands.

“This is an area where technology has outstripped our ability to make
policy,” said Air Force Gen. Ronald Keys, Commander of Air Combat
Command. “We need to have a debate and figure out how to defend
ourselves.”

Unlike in the war on terror, DOD can’t go after cyber attackers who plan
or discuss crimes until they act, Keys said. Web sites in other countries
are beyond DOD‘s reach, he added. “If they’re not in the United
States, you can’t touch 'em.”

Keys said it would probably take a cyber version of the 9/11 attacks to
make the U.S. realize that barriers to action in cyberspace should be
re-evaluated.

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More:
http://www.fcw.com/article97645-02-09-07-Web

- - ferg

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