http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/middleeast/obama-worried-about-effects-of-waging-cyberwar-in-syria.html?action=click&contentCollection=Personal%20Tech®ion=Footer&module=TopNews&pgtype=article
Please read the article and respond IN COMPLETE SENTENCES to the prompts
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target?
2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be?
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article?
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons?
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative?
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"?
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose?
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret?
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria?
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose?
12. What do you think about this type of warfare?
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
1.planning to target their wepons like the helicopters that drop barrel bombs, and tap into their data for harder information
ReplyDelete2. i think it may be an E.M.P.
3. the airplane in the first WW1
4. because it might not be humanitarian
5. helicopters, weapons, and intel
6. because most of the things now a days need electricity.
7"A cyberweapon performs an action which would normally require a soldier or spy, and which would be considered either illegal or an act of war if performed directly by a human agent of the sponsor during peacetime. Legal issues include violating the privacy of the target and the sovereignty of its host nation."
8."program against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program, to make sure that it did not cripple civilian facilities like hospitals."
9. because a lot of people can even watch you watching something els
10. where syria negotiates after the attack
11.i dont remember reading where they did.
12.i think its dumb, i believe in the old fashion warfare i actually wish war was more traditional like swords bow and arrow because it levels the playing field alot more.
13. we could be attacked and have an emp hit us and not be able to go anywheres, the only thing we would have that would work is man powered things and our rifles.
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target?
ReplyDeleteThe Syrian government
2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be?
Computer viruses; more efficient ways of hacking into software
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article?
Cyberweapons are very rare and unheard of, much like airplanes at the start of WWI
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons?
Because of the cost and the horrible new realm of war it could begin
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?
syria's air power, power gried, and leadership
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative?
It is low cost and has low fatality rate
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"?
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose?
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret?
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria?
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose?
12. What do you think about this type of warfare?
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
1. The Syrian Government
ReplyDelete2. i think offensive cyberweapons are different types of technology that can be used to destroy data or other important stuff from their hard drives
3. The historical analogy that was made in the article was Cyberweapons are very rare and unheard of, much like airplanes at the start of WWI
4. because such methods would seem to be an obvious, low-cost, low-casualty alternative.
5. leaderships, the air power of syria and if a country has a greed for power
6. because it doesn't cost must and it has a low casualty rate
7. The following malware agents are known not to have been developed or initially deployed as cyberweapons, but have since been used to meet military or intelligence objectives. Malware mistaken for cyberweapons
8. the program against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program
9.Anything that grounded the air fleet, or turned out the lights at key facilities in Damascus and at major military outposts, would be instantly noticed — and would not necessarily be accomplished quickly.
10. When syria proposed a negotiation after they were attack
11. denial-of-service attacks, annoying and disruptive
12. I think that this type of warfare can create more jobs for the people who just like to hack into complicated government agencies and it would also allow the chance to end wars quickly if used and time right.
13. This concept would effect me because they could hack into my computer to use it against the government and i could possibly get arrested.
1. the Syrian armed forces
ReplyDelete2. Probably shutting down missile guidance systems or necessary things that need to be regulated,
3. that it was like the introduction of airplanes in ww1
4. Because of possible backlash on them from other countries or fear that other countries might start doing it as well
5. air plane guidance, power for bases, and any military electronics such as computers
6.Because they would be low cost and do not involve boots on the ground
7. STOP they are malware agents that are used to perform actions of s older or spy and harm the enemy.
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target? The Cyber Battle plan is planning to target the Syrian military and President Bashar al- Assad’s command structure.
ReplyDelete2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be? I think offensive cyber weapons would be faster and more efficient software, and deadlier viruses that shut down computers.
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article? Cyber weapons are unheard of just like when the airplane was first used in combat in World War I, a century ago.
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons? The Obama administration is reluctant to use these cyber weapons because they spent billions helping them develop in large part with hopes that the need for more traditional military attacks. Reflecting larger concerns about a new and untested tactic with the potential to transform the nature of welfare.
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons? Three possible targets include syria’s air power, power grid, and leadership.
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative? Cyber weapons are being considered as an alternative because they are lower in costs and they will not put our troops on the ground. So the casualty rate of our troops would go down drastically.
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"? A cyberweapon is a malware agent employed for military, paramilitary, or intelligence objectives. Cyberweapons can damage or destroy computer hardware, and destroy data or executable code on the system, or other connected systems.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose? The Olympic Games is the program against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program. The purpose was to make sure that it did not cripple civilian facilities like hospitals.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret? It would be hard to keep a cyberattack secret because if anything grounded the air fleet or turned out lights in key facilities and major military outposts it would be instantly notice by the other country.
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria? An example of a successful cyber attack in Syria is when Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor being built in the Syrian desert. This cyberattack blinded Syria’s air defenses.
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose? The Syrians used denial-of-service attacks which are annoying and disruptive. They also used a “spear phishing” ploy, this gets the target to click on an email, and in this case they wanted to identify people who are aiding the rebel groups and get inside their computer systems.
12. What do you think about this type of warfare? I think this warfare is a lot better than actual physical force. There will not be as many casualties and it is a lot safer than physical force. Cyberwarfare is deadly but affective and I think it will do our country good in the future.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia? With cyber weapons being used our infantry will go down. This will affect our economy in Columbia because not as many people will be at Fort Jackson and that will clearly affect our economy. This could effect me because with cyber warfare it would be easier to access my computer and or phone, and this could erase all my data and software in my phone and or computer. It could also give me a virus on both of my devices.
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target? The Cyber Battle plan was designed to shut down important technological items, in Syria they planned to shut down missile targeting systems and missile creation facilities.
ReplyDelete2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be?I believe that offensive Cyber Weapons would come in the form of either a Virus, or software, software being the hard to deliver but solid shut down, viruses being easy to deliver via many methods, but could be fought against with other softwares.
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article? The Historical Analogy is made back to when the first Airplane was used in combat in World War I.
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons? The Obama Administration is afraid of retaliation from Iran, Russia, and Syria within the US.
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons? Three targets are Syria’s Air Power, Electrical Grid, or Leadership.
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative? Cyber Weapons are considered as alternatives because they would still protect our national security, it also enables flexibility while practicing restraints in limiting casualties.
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"? Cyber Weapons are malware agents employed for military, paramilitary, or intelligence operations. They are weapons because they are used against a specific target and use force.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose? Program Against Iranian Nuclear Programs, It was used to classify certain targets and not affect civilian structures.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret? It would be hard to hide a full air fleet grounded, or lights being shut off in many key facilities or military outpost and it could be noticed instantly, plus it would take time to execute.
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria? In september of 2007, a Israeli strike demolished a Syrian nuclear reactor under construction, accompanied by a cyber assault that blinded Syrian air defense.
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose? Syrians used a spear phishing ploy to get targets to click on links in an email, or videos of war atrocities in this case, which were used to identify people assisting rebel groups and slip into their computer systems.
12. What do you think about this type of warfare? I believe it should be a side war method instead of focusing a majority of the budget on this. As our physical defense transfers into Cyber defense/offense then our nation will be at a greater risk at a physical attack.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia? Firstly, this could affect the military bases here causing a fall in the economy here which could force me to change my life style, and if the physical army is removed there is always the risk of something similar to 9/11 or even a full on assault against America.
“And the Syrian Electronic Army, which American intelligence officials suspect is actually Iranian, has conducted strikes against targets in the United States over the past year, including the website of The New York Times. Mostly these have been denial-of-service attacks, annoying and disruptive, but not truly sophisticated.”
How do we know we can trust this article if The New York Times Has been attacked??????????? Over Thinking. Even IF they say its annoying and disruptive that could be a cover.
The Cyber Battle Plan is planning to target the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad’s command structure.
ReplyDeleteI think the offensive cyber weapons could be things such as shutting down their internet connection and crashing their networks.
The historical analogy made in this article was the airplane that was first used in combat in World War 1.
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target?
ReplyDeleteThe Cyber Battle plan is planning to target the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad's command structure.
2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be?
I think cyberweapons might be like programs that can shut down the defense systems or hack computers to get information.
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article?
Cyberweapons in today's world is the equivalent to the first airplane used in combat in WWI.
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons?
The Obama administration is reluctant to use the weapons because they are debating whether to use them often as a normal weapon or rarely for attacks on hard to reach targets.
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?
Syria's air systems, electric grid, or its leadership are all possible targets for cyberweapons.
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative?
Cyberweapons are being considered as an alternative weapon choice because they would cause less civilian fatalities than weapons that we have been using.
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"?
A cyberweapon is a malware agent employed for military, paramilitary, or intelligence objectives. They are considered weapons because they can perform actions which would normally require a soldier/person, and would be considered either illegal or an act of war if performed by a person such as surveillance, theft, or destruction.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose?
Olympic Games was a program against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program that could help buy time to force the Iranians into negotiations.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret?
A cyber attack would be hard to keep secret because the effects would be instantly noticed.
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria?
In September of 2007 there was a successful cyber attack that blinded the air defenses in Syria by Israel that accompanied the destruction of a nuclear reaction being built in the desert.
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose?
The Syrians used a cyber weapon to identify people who were aiding the rebel groups and get inside their computer systems.
12. What do you think about this type of warfare?
I understand that this type of warfare may have its benefits but its accompanying consequences make it so it should only be used in a time and place that makes it absolutely necessary.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
People can make cyberweapons and insert them into different websites that can attack your computer, etc.
1.The Cyber Battle plan is planning to target the Syrian Military and President Bashar.
ReplyDelete2.The “offensive cyber weapons” might be something dealing with a virus.
3.The Historical Analogy made in the article when that airplane was use in World War 1.
4.Obama's administration reluctant to use these cyber weapons was they were afraid of Iran, Syria etc.
5.The three possible targets are Electrical Grid, Leadership and Syria’s Air Power.
6.Cyber weapons are being considered an alternative because they would protect.
7.Cyber Weapons are what the US Military has. And they include computer viruses.
8.The Olympic Games were programs and they were used to classify certain targets.
9.It would be hard to keep the attack a secret because it would be hard to hid a full air fleet.
10.A Good example of a successful Cyber Attack is when Syrians nuclear reactor was under construction.
11.Syrians used the Cyber Weapon by getting it to click on certain links. It would identify people.
12.What do I think about the Warfare? I think that this warfare is good. I dont really have an opinion of how i think it would work.
13.It could effect me because my family revolves around military. My families life would change.
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target?
ReplyDeleteThe Syrian government is what is the target.
2. What do you think the - "offensive cyber weapons" might be?
Viruses that can mess with government material.
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article?
They are like the airplanes in WW1.
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons?
It could began something very bad , and it could become expensive.
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?
Three possible targets could be Seria’s leadership, power grid, and air power.
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative?
This is a possibility because you wouldn’t be putting nearly as many troops life on the line.
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"?
Computer hardware or software used as a weapon in cyberwarfare is what cyber weapons are.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose?
The olympic games are the programs against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program. Its purpose is that it didn’t mess up regular people’s facilities.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret?
It would be hard because if they hit something hard , other neighboring countries could notice.
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria?
Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor in the Syrian desert.
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose?
They used something that was annoying.
12. What do you think about this type of warfare?
I prefer the old school warfare.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
It would affect some people I know like soldiers because they could be forced to retire or something like that.
1. Syrian government
ReplyDelete2. viruses used to get information
3. airplanes from WW1
4. it can cause a huge conflict between other countries
5. seria's leadership, air power, power grid
6. it would drop the rate of death of the soldiers
7. computer software used a weapons
8. programs against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program
9. it would be hard to keep a secret because if they use it one one country it would be easy for the other countries to find out
10. Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor in Syria
11. The Syrians used denial-of-service attacks which are annoying and disruptive.
12. I do not like it at all
13. It may force some of my family members in the army to retire
1. What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target? The syrian government and President Assad's command structure.
ReplyDelete2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be? The weapons might be a virus of some sort
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article? It is similar to the planes in WW1.
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons? It could revolutionize cyberweapons, and this is not necessarily good.
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?Seria’s leadership, power grid, and air power.
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative? Their would be less deaths of soldiers.
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"? Computer software that can attack a grid, shutting down electricity and leaking vital government secrets.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose? The olympic games are the programs against the Iranian nuclear enrichment program.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret? Other countries could notice these cyber attacks and launch attacks of their own.
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria? Israel destroyed a nuclear facility in syria
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose? The syrians used an identification program to get IDs of the rebels and take them out easier.
12. What do you think about this type of warfare? I think its the warfare of the future.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
It has already happened, we have been hacked and lost our social security.
1.What is the Cyber Battle plan - planning to target?
ReplyDeleteThe military weapons
2. What do you think the - "offensive cyberweapons" might be?
using technology as a weapon
3. What is the historical analogy made in the article?
When they first made airplanes
4. Why is the Obama administration reluctant to use these cyberweapons?
They are scared of the other military forces
5. What are THREE possible targets of these weapons?
air power, electrical grid and leadership
6. Why are cyberweapons even being considered as an alternative?
to protect the nation's security
7. STOP - Research - cyberweapons - what are they? What can they do to be considered a "weapon"?
Weapons that are use by military service.
8. What was - Olympic Games - and what was its purpose?
nuclear weapons use to target forces.
9. Why would it be hard to keep a cyber attack a secret?
It will hard to keep a secret
10. What is an example of a successful cyber attack in Syria?
when the nuclear reactor was destroyed
11. How did the Syrians use a cyber weapon - for what purpose?
to destroy everything by using the internet
12. What do you think about this type of warfare?
I think it can be helpful but at the same time destructive.
13. How could this concept effect you - right here in Columbia?
This can accept me buy my learning disabiliteies.
1. Syrian government
ReplyDelete2. Viruses, dos
3. Airplanes in WW1
4. It could get people mad.
5. Helicopters, planes, lights
6. They can prevent the use of some weapons and communications in a hope to de-escalate that war.
7. Viruses, dos they can be considered weapons because they can disable jets or guided missiles
8. Cyberattack against Iranian nuclear program.
9. Everyone would be able to tell things are not working right
10. Syria not being able to use certain planes and helicopters.
11. They used cyber weapons to identify people
12. It sounds cool
13. Someone could use cyber weapons against us