Breaking: IDF admits to engaging in cyberwarfare
The IDF has admitted for the first time that - surprise - it engages in cyberwarfare. The IDF uses cyber space to gather intelligence, attack enemies and conduct various military operations, the military revealed on Sunday in a posting on its official website.What a shock.... I'd be disappointed if we weren't doing this.
The rare announcement was the first time the IDF officially admitted it engages in cyberwarfare for offensive purposes. It also came a week after a new virus was discovered to have attacked Iran, widely presumed to have been developed by Israel.
The IDF’s Operations Directorate recently drafted a document describing and defining the purpose and use of cyberwarfare for the Israeli military.
According to the document, cyber space is viewed in the IDF as another battlefield like land, sea and the air.
“Professionally speaking, the IDF is fighting consistently and relentlessly in cyber space, is collecting intelligence and protecting the IDF networks as well,” the IDF said. “In addition and when needed, cyber space is also used to execute attacks and other information operations.”
The IDF said that the purpose of operations in cyber space included “ thwarting initiatives by Israel’s enemies to undermine the IDF’s and Israel’s operational freedom” in a wide-variety of conflicts.
The timing of the publication of the IDF’s operations in cyber space was interesting and came just a week after the “Flame” virus was discovered to have infected a significant number of computers in Iran.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:20 PM
1 Comments:
Bwahahaha!
Of course, this cyber stuff is a very big growth area for many fields... you can get a degree in digital evidence gathering, computer/digital forensic investigations, etc etc. Some number of bar-certified attorneys are setting up whole practices in it. So, really, anybody who gets a chance to work for a Western military in this cyber stuff will come out five levels up from the rest of us on the career ladder.
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