Practical Issues in InfoSec » Iraq http://www.dlstrom.com ... putting information security within reach of everyone! Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cyberwar – Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk – Series – NYTimes.com http://www.dlstrom.com/2009/08/03/cyberwar-halted-%e2%80%9903-iraq-plan-illustrates-u-s-fear-of-cyberwar-risk-series-nytimes-com/ http://www.dlstrom.com/2009/08/03/cyberwar-halted-%e2%80%9903-iraq-plan-illustrates-u-s-fear-of-cyberwar-risk-series-nytimes-com/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:02:49 +0000 Dan Strom http://www.dlstrom.com/?p=272

Cyberwar – Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk – Series – NYTimes.com

This came across Twitter this morning. If you have any interest in cyberwarfare and the implications, you should read this. According to the article, this was scrapped, but yet many aspects are still classified.

The plan was to use a cyberattack to freeze financial assets of Saddam Hussein.

Take a look at this…

“We knew we could pull it off — we had the tools,” said one senior official who worked at the Pentagon when the highly classified plan was developed.

The U.S. Government had the technology and abilities. Later it is revealed that the attack was not authorized because of fears over worldwide financial fallout.

It seems like the prudent course of action was taken here. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should.

- Dan

]]> http://www.dlstrom.com/2009/08/03/cyberwar-halted-%e2%80%9903-iraq-plan-illustrates-u-s-fear-of-cyberwar-risk-series-nytimes-com/feed/ 0