A few weeks ago, top Pentagon planners organized a plan to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyber-attack aimed at paralyzing the nation’s networks.
The results were a disaster. The Opposition Force (OpFor) had the offensive with secrecy, covert cover and an unscripted play book. No one would know the OpFor country from which the attack came and therefore no effective way to deter further attacks by retaliation. Even worse, the Pentagon planners were concerned that they lacked the legal authority to respond. This was because it was unknown if the attack was an act of U.S. hackers, commercial theft or a real attack on the United States,
Worst case scenario – a prelude to a conventional attack.
It should come as no surprise that something similar had happened before at Google. Google’s staff tracked the source of the attack back to the Chinese mainland.
So, now we read about Google having a proprietary problem with China and Google threatening to pull out of China.
I am reminded of what Stalin said when was told the Pope was angry with the Communist tactics of slaughter in WW II. To Paraphrase Stalin: “How many Divisions does Google have?”
