America's War on the Web

An anonymous reader writes "The Sunday Herald is reporting that while the US is continuing to pursue traditional means of protecting national security, they are also planning to launch a new wave of 'information warfare' to help combat a perceived growing threat of IT security. From the article: 'The Pentagon has already signed off $383 million to force through the document's recommendations by 2009. Military and intelligence sources in the US talk of "a revolution in the concept of warfare". The report orders three new developments in America's approach to warfare [...] the Pentagon says it will wage war against the internet in order to dominate the realm of communications, prevent digital attacks on the US and its allies, and to have the upper hand when launching cyber-attacks against enemies.'"

They've already attacked

[Hoi Polloi]

Someone has been dropping spam bombs on my mailbox for years now.

Cyber Attacks

[umrgregg]

Submit the targeted server to Agent CmdrTaco. His legion of followers will take care of the rest.

Re:Cyber-terror Unlikely

[IcyNeko]

That's totally not the point. It's George Bush. He's afraid of the new threat across the internet. If people were to realize that they can actually "increas e the si ze of your peen1s", then suddenly Americans everywhere would have "great, gigantic American Penis" while George Bush would have "vely small penis", which as we learned from our friends at South Park, would undermine his ability to manipulate the country.

Re:Is this new?

[wiz31337]

"We brought the Internet into this world, and by God we can take it back out!"

Re:Cyber-terror Unlikely

[hal2814]

Yeah, I even heard the Taliban has a version of the Amish Virus:

"You have just received the Taliban virus.

Since we have no electricity or computers, you are on the honor system.

Please delete all of your files on your hard drive. Then forward this message to everyone in your address book.

Praise Allah."

PsyOps + Internet Advertising

[Hunter-Killer]

Instead of seeing "Punch the monkey and win an Ipod", we might get "Kill Osama and win $25 million".

/. it!

[cl191]

Just post the URL of such website and before you know it, it will be slashdotted back to the stoneage.

I see your DDOS and raise you a JDAM

[TallDave]

Don't make me Tomahawk your spam.

Re:America's war on *

[Eudial]

Is there anything that America doesn't "wage war" against? It's like a mentally retarded child who responds in the same way, regardless of stimulus.

Furthermore it raises some interesting questions: If, for an example the US government, or an agent thereof seizes narcotics as part of the war on drugs, woudln't the Geneva convention dictate that the seized drugs should be treated as a prisoner of war?

War comes with responsibilities you know...

All aboard the Road Show

[Fatchap]

FTFA: The plans include
the establishment of "Humanitarian Road Shows", which will talk up American support for democracy and freedom.

First stop Guantanamo Bay! For more info see http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/usa-summary-eng [amnesty.org]

Internet warefare

[Randall311]

SS Web Agent: Mr. President The Chinese are throttling our server, we need a decision now!
President: Let's PHP-Nuke the bastards!

Re:Cyber-terror Unlikely

[XFilesFMDS1013]

Please delete all of your files on your hard drive. Then forward this message to everyone in your address book.

How like them, a suicide run.

They didn't get me!

[blorg]

After I erased my hard drive, my address book was gone! Hah!

IN SOVIET RUSSIA...

[copdk4]

the Web attacks YOU ! (via spam, viruses, Internet Explorer, Vista and.. Oh wait)

Re:gov't control of ionosphere - H.A.A.R.P.

[stupidfoo]

I too listen to Coast to Coast.

HAARP is controlled by the Reptilians [greatdreams.com], right? And to get to their secret lair you just go down Mel's Hole [wikipedia.org].

Re:Cyber-terror Unlikely

[Fizzog]

"Please delete all of your files on your hard drive. Then forward this message to everyone in your address book."

Which is like the guy who comes home to find his wife in bed with another man...

He calmly walks to the dresser, opens a drawer, pulls out a revolver and puts it to his temple.

His wife says: " For God's sake, don't!"

To which he replies: " Shut up woman. You're next!"

Re:Better Article....

[baKanale]

The US isn't preparing for war "on" the internet... as much as it's preparing for a war via the internet. The article goes on to use a bunch of careful prepositional games where I have to guess whether the US is actually thinking about attacking the internet... or considering how warfare will be conducted via the internet.

I dunno. I think it's a good idea to attack the Internet, given that warfare will be conducted on it in the future. Kinda like attacking the physical planet itself, because warfare is conducted on it's surface.

Oh, wait...