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Pentagon creating false social network identities

Mar.25, 2011 in Cyber Security, Law and Policy, Living in Pakistan, Politics and Society

This news item should have gotten a lot more coverage than it did. The Pentagon has launched a programme under which their operatives will be creating thousands of false identities on social networks to engage in “conversations” with people in the ME, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The idea is to use software as a [...]

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Wired magazine makes the case for cyber war against Pakistan and India

Nov.14, 2009 in Cyber Security, Law and Policy, Living in Pakistan, Politics and Society

John Arquilla, writing for Wired magazine in its November 2009 issue, argues for a US cyber attack on Pakistan and India in the event that the US determines the two countries are heading towards a confrontation. The method of attack outlined by Mr. Arquilla involves US cyber warfare units ‘taking out’ command and control networks on both [...]

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