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China’s ‘Online Blue Army’ Almost Ready for Cyber War

After in May 2011 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) revealed the fact that an Online Blue Army had been established with the purpose of improving China’s ability to defend its military networks, now it seems that the project is taking shape. According to ECNS, the country’s military experts claim ...

20 January 2012
08:46 GMT

US Military: Cyberthreats Are Real and Near-Term

US Army representatives are confident they will soon be requested to engage in cyber warfare even though this is mainly the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI."I think the threat [of cyber-attacks] is very real and could potentially be very near-term," revealed Brig. Gen. John Davis, U....

29 October 2011
07:20 GMT

China Announces Cyber Warfare Army Unit

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched a cyber defense program which involves setting up an unit of thirty officers highly skilled in cyber security.A Chinese Ministry of Defense spokesperson told reporters last week that the program was established in the Guangzhou military region and comes in...

30 May 2011
10:55 GMT

Germany to Create Cyber-Warfare Centre Next Year

Germany has announced plans to open a national cyber-warfare center, outlining the increased attention governments give to such threats.During a press conference on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry revealed that a new "National Cyber-Defense Center" will be created next year.According to CBC&nb...

28 December 2010
12:53 GMT

U.S. Military Developing Hacking-for-Dummies Cyber-Warfare Device

U.S. Defense Department officials were so impressed with the level of coordination between ground military ops and cyberattacks against strategical targets during the recent conflicts, that they are now looking for ways to weaponize hacking. Aviation Week glanced at such a device and reports that it is being designed...

25 May 2009
09:19 GMT

Analysts: US Should Create Digital Warfare Task Force

Speaking at a hearing in front of the House Armed Services subcommittee, the leader of the Pentagon's new Cyber Command, Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, who is also the head of the US National Security Agency (NSA), said that the country needed to build up a digital warfare task force as soon as possible, in order to ...

5 May 2009
09:34 GMT

Kyrgyzstan Booted Off the Internet

The entire Internet infrastructure of the democratic Republic of Kyrgyzstan has been severely crippled by DDoS attacks originating in Russia. The intense attacks targeting the major ISPs in the country have been sustained for over a week, report researchers from information security firm SecureWorks.The attacks which...

29 January 2009
05:31 GMT


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