Reply From: Screamin'Lord Byron <j0nesat_private> This article is poorly done, jericho. The insinuations it makes are absurd. The whole idea that "military technologists are using 'infowar' tactics borrowed from hackers to disrupt the Serbian telecommunications infrastructure" is *completely* wrong and unnecessarily self-aggrandizing. It's media spin. The concept of radar (*not* radio. Lots of reasons why. Because typical radio transmissions have a much longer wavelength and the antenna are more generally omnidirectional, this is not feasible. You have to overpower the transmission source.) jamming has been around for over 50 years. . . The concept of the hacker, per media definition as such, is much, much younger. WWII and the Cold War taught the US quite a bit. Damn, I wish somebody would get it right. The jist of the tactics is correct, and the analysis of the infrastructure, but the rest is just glorified bullshit. And yeah, these "tactics" have been used for far longer than the average joe could imagine. Provided I find more available free time, I plan to debunk this thoroughly. It's the finding time thing in the end. I've also visited the site and tried to submit a feedback to this. The link ended up returning to the main page. Broken. If the author had even seen a few documentaries on the Learning Channel, Discovery, etc, or done some *basic* research into the history of modern warfare. . . *spit* Amateurs. The US can identify Soviet submarines down to an individual boat by their acoustic signature. . . The sound of the screws turning in the water are unique. Do you really think *all this other shit* has somehow escaped the collective intelligence of the military? Ever heard of the "virus" infected into the Iraqi communications infrastructure through printer hardware? Jesus, I hate bottom feeders. Disgusted. . . Byron >'Infowarfare' part of NATO arsenal? >By Maria Seminerio, ZDNN >March 25, 1999 3:36 PM PT >URL: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2231976,00.html > >The barrage of cruise missiles raining down on Yugoslavia in the ongoing >NATO offensive is only the most visible element of the campaign. Behind >the scenes, military technologists are using 'infowar' tactics borrowed >from hackers to disrupt the Serbian telecommunications infrastructure. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Hacker News Network [www.hackernews.com]
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