From The "About Fucking Time" Files

China has developed cyber warfare forces and the Air Force has created a cyberspace command to provide both defensive and offensive computer network weapons, a senior Air Force general said last week.

Asked if China was planning a cyber “Pearl Harbor” surprise attack, Maj. Gen. William Lord, the cyber forces commander, said numerous Chinese-origin probes may be “reconnaissance” intrusions to determine if cyber warfare capabilities are detected as part of preparation for some future attack.

“So when the lights go out, when the traffic lights don't work, when the data in the stock exchange has been manipulated, when the cell phones don't work, when the escalators in FAO Schwartz don't work, imagine what happens within the United States. Imagine that now laid over a command and control ability of any force,” he said at a conference of the Council on Foreign Relations.

I was beginning to wonder what our boys were going to do about China.  It fills me with a bit of feeling of security knowing that they are not only setting up defensive measures, but OFFENSIVE measures.

Remember China, two can play at this game and guess who's in control of the Internet?  Here's a hint:  It ain't you.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com