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The first cyberterrorism?
From: David Farber <farber () tmail com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:18:15 -1000
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker () brandenburg com> To: farber () tmail com CC: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: The first cyberterrorism? Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:25:25 -0800 Dave,Given the recent comments that cyberterrorism is theoretical, rather than having yet been demonstrated as a problem, folks might be interested in this
article from the San Francisco Chronicle: <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/12/MN125083.DTL>
Iraq shuts down Net access to block U.S. e-mail campaign Message urged defections, defying Hussein's orders Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, January 12, 2003Baghdad -- Apparently in response to a blanket e-mail campaign by the U.S. military urging dissent and defections, the Iraqi government shut down -- at least temporarily -- all Internet access and the country's two e-mailservers.
I suppose that, formally, such an act of aggression by a state is classed as
warfare, rather than terrorism.However it is directed at the civilian population, and it is crippling their infrastructure, so the technical aspects of cyberterrorism are probably the
same. d/ -- Dave <mailto:dcrocker () brandenburg com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> t +1.408.246.8253; f +1.408.850.1850 -- Dave ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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