BotNets Biggest Cyber Threat -- DoD BuzzThe US has long pondered how best to use its offensive cyber capabilities and has long shied away from using them, fearful that we might pull down the Internet curtain on ourselves if we tried to wipe out an enemy’s networks. The New York Times ran a piece this weekend about just how daunting is this balancing act.
The central point of the Times’ piece: “We knew we could pull it off — we had the tools,” said one senior official who worked at the Pentagon when the highly classified plan was developed.
But the attack never got the green light. Bush administration officials worried that the effects would not be limited to Iraq but would instead create worldwide financial havoc, spreading across the Middle East to Europe and perhaps to the United States.
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Update: Securing Against BotNets -- Defense tech
My Comment: Kudos to both DoD Buzz and Defense Tech. They are asking the right questions.