Posted on 03/28/2009 10:03:16 PM PDT by Perdogg
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers32/paper3147.html
Paper no. 3147
13-Apr-2009
“Chinas Silent Warfare”
By Bhaskar Roy
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2009/04/cyberspace-and-targeting/
“Cyberspace, Targeting, and The Human Firewall”
By Adam Elkus on April 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM
SNIPPET: “GhostNet is still getting an extreme amount of press coverage. The idea of a giant malware surveillance network definitely has a futuristic ring to it, and whoever came up with the name “GhostNet” definitely had Hiro Protagonist, Willis Corto, and Maj. Kusanagi in mind. But the problem with the “GhostNet” image is that it encourages us to forget cybercrime’s crucial human element. The objective is information produced by humans, for which the machines are merely conduits. And the means of getting to that information is always either force or fraud.
Chinese information warfare theory, for all of its illusions to Sun Tzu, is intensely focused on the notion of “informatized” war.”
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