Offensive Cyber Warfare

Abstract

We are moving our combat systems toward a net-centric architecture, which means adversaries in future conflicts will attempt to attack our networks. This has been proven by the probing and attempts at disruption during the attacks on Georgia by the Russians, on Pentagon systems by the Chinese, and on the United States by the North Koreans. The news is full of stories about hackers and criminal elements who are phishing, sending Trojan horses, and deploying worms and the Conflictor virus to attack everything from banks to the electrical grid. The Pentagon is hit numerous times every day.