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Possible Cyber Attack On Western Energy Sector (video and pictures)
Energetic Bear is the name given to a hacking group, most likely Russian, that appears to be primarily targeting the western energy sector. Although only one part of a new Global Threat Report for 2013, it is the part attracting most attention and interest: Russia is potentially joining China (and the NSA) as an alleged source of state-sponsored espionage.
CrowdStrike released its Global Threat Report for 2013 today. It focuses on two particular adversaries: Deadeye Jackal (more commonly know as the Syrian Electronic Army), and the lesser known Energetic Bear. “Energetic Bear,” it reports, “is an adversary group with a nexus to the Russian Federation that conducts intelligence collection operations against a variety of global victims with a primary focus on the energy sector.” n Federation that conducts intelligence collection operations against a variety of global victims with a primary focus on the energy sector.” READMOREHERE
The states’ right to retaliate against attack is a central pole of international law and politics. But how are we to understand this in the age of the internet. Would China, Russia or the USA be right to retaliate against a cyber-attack from another state? Where would that leave the world today? …We are a lot closer to international cyber-warfare than you might think.
This is a part of the conference, ‘Armageddon in Cyberspace’. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and…
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. YOUTUBE
Cyber warfare is already going on. Chinese Internet goes down for awhile, then Gmail goes down for awhile, then millions of SK credit cards info is stolen. Yeah, you got to be stupid not to realize that the cyber war is already happening!
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