White House considered cyberwar with Libya
In the days before President Obama approved American-led airstrikes in Libya without congressional go-ahead, the White House considered using cyberwarfare to attempt to crush the army of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Hoping to cripple the Gaddafi government’s computer systems and bring down their air-defense network, The New York Times reports today that the Obama administration“intensely debated” if hacking into foreign computers would be a smart move during the start of the ongoing NATO missions in Libya that are largely supported by American troops.
Officials involved with the decision-making of the cyber-attack tell The Times that American authorities were concerned that officially entering an era of high-scale computer warfare could cause competing nations across the globe to respond with cyber crimes of their own against the Pentagon. The US has already accused China, Russia and North Korea of cyberwarfare in the past, however, and has denied responsibility for similar crimes waged against the nation of Iran..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/cyberwarfare-cyber-libya-obama-119/
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talagang tinarget ng kalbong agila sa ilalim ni obama ang libya. malabuwaya talaga ang imperyalistang bansang ito, oo.
"Some, however, believe that the US has been behind acts like this all along, meanwhile denying their involvement. Stuxnet, a 2010 computer worm that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, is believed by many to be of American origin and infiltrated with the help of Israel. Speaking at a TED Talk earlier this year, researcher Ralph Langner said, "My opinion is that the Mossad is involved but that the leading force is not Israel. The leading force behind Stuxnet is the cyber superpower – there is only one; and that's the United States.""
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