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The never before told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invented and employ the wars of the present and future the cyber wars where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass destroyer, as reported by a Pulitzer Prize winning security and defense journalist.In June 1983, President Reagan watched the movie War Games, in which a kid unwittingly hacks the Pentagon, and asked his top general if the scenario was plausible The general said it was This set in motion the first presidential directive on computer security.The first use of cyber techniques in battle occurred in George H.W Bush s Kuwait invasion in 1991 to disable Saddam s military communications One year later, the NSA Director watched Sneakers, in which one of the characters says wars will soon be decided not by bullets or bombs but by information The NSA and the Pentagon have been rowing over control of cyber weapons ever since.From the 1994 aborted US invasion of Haiti, when the plan was to neutralize Haitian air defenses by making all the telephones in Haiti busy at the same time, to Obama s Defense Department 2015 report on cyber policy that spells out the lead role played by our offensive operation, Fred Kaplan tells the story of the NSA and the Pentagon as they explore, exploit, fight, and defend the US Dark Territory reveals all the details, including the 1998 incident when someone hacked into major US military commands and it wasn t Iraq, but two teenagers from California how Israeli jets bomb a nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007 by hacking into Syrian air defense radar system the time in 2014 when North Korea hacks Sony s networks to pressure the studio to cancel a major Hollywood blockbuster and many Dark Territory is the most urgent and controversial topic in national defense policy. New Read [ Dark Territory ] By [ Fred Kaplan ] – kino-fada.fr I continue my quest to be the most informed snob at any dinner party so I can maintain my delicate card tower of affected pretentiousness by finishing this book about America s secret war of cyber attacks I will let you know know the most interesting bits in person.49th book for 2017.An interesting history of cyberwarfare over the last 50 years, almost exclusively told from an American perspective The big take home messages for me were how vulnerable societies and interestingly in particular the US are from crippling attacks from power stations to hospitals to voting systems how concerted, long term lobbying pressure from Silicon Valley has left huge gaps in security, which is almost a design feature as costs of attacks are externalized on society a 49th book for 2017.An interesting history of cyberwarfare over the last 50 years, almost exclusively told from an American perspective The big take home messages for me were how vulnerable societies and interestingly in particular the US are from crippling attacks from power stations to hospitals to voting systems how concerted, long term lobbying pressure from Silicon Valley has left huge gaps in security, which is almost a design feature as costs of attacks are externalized on society as a whole how the military and politicians continue to have trouble understanding the damages of cyberattacks, despite decades of warnings, even those coming from Presidential Commissions blowing things up is so much easier to understand how the temptation to eavesdrop on US domestic communic...This is compelling book about a worldwide issue that s underreported, under addressed, and honestly terrifying Governments have been hacking into their rivals computers for decades but it s taken nearly as long for cyber attacks to be considered a genuine threat This also could have a real snoozer of a bo...Occasionally, I come across a book on an important topic that s crammed with information I was able to find nowhere else but is a chore to read Even though it is not an academic study but clearly intended for a general audience, Fred Kaplan s recent history of cyber war, Dark Territory, is one such book.A story stretching over five decadesUnlike previous treatments that I ve read about the topic, which zero in on the vulnerability of the American economy to attacks through cyberspace, Dark Te Occasionally, I come across a book on an important topic that s crammed with information I was able to find nowhere else but is a chore to read Even though it is not an academic study but clearly intended for a general audience, Fred Kaplan s recent history of cyber war, Dark Territory, is one such book.A story stretching over five decadesUnlike previous treatments that I ve read about the topic, which zero in on the vulnerability of the American economy to attacks through cyberspace, Dark Territory traces the history of our government s slowly growing awareness of the threat, beginning nearly half a century ago Then, a prescient Pentagon scientist wrote a paper warning about the dangers inherent in computer networks Apparently, though, no one in a position to do anything about it paid much attention to him.Kaplan identifies an incident fully fifteen years later in 1984 when President...Covers the history of cyber security and cyber warfare in the US from the 1980s through Obama s tenure This might be related to another book called the seventh sense Power now is defined as the ability to hack and control network platforms The ability to do so gives hackers and hacking organizations supreme power over power grids, weapon systems and just about anything hooked up to a computer network nowadays Mastery of this technology which easier to offensively wield than play defense is Covers the history of cyber security and cyber warfare in the US from the 1980s through Obama s tenure This might be related to another book called the ...Description In June 1983, President Reagan watched the movie War Games, in which a kid unwittingly hacks the Pentagon, and asked his top general if the scenario was plausible The general said it was This set in motion the first presidential directive on computer security.The first use of cyber techniques in battle occurred in Georg...Interesting, but not well written.My instinct is to ignore the warnings of lawyers, security experts, and anyone else whose income is based on their capacity to invoke fear With hindsight, it s an instinct that has served me well the long arc of history is usually on the side of the optimists But it is also my blindspot Rarely to I seek out information about the risks and dangers we face Fortunately, my colleague Eli Sugarman suggested that we read Fred Kaplan s Dark Territory The Secret History of Cybe...Good recounting of the development of the perception of cyber treats from the Reagan to the Obama presidency and how the executive branch reacted to the rapid change of information warfare Still, the writing or the narration left me very disengaged.Found this to be an highly engrossing read, especially because I have for a time been keen on the topic of cyber warfare I especially loved this book s approach a behind the scenes look into the History of Cyber War in relation to the US The NSA of course taking the major spotlight.Any good book I think should be able to make you reconsider one orviewpoints that you holdThis too was no exception I find myself reconsidering my attitude towards the NSA, much of it formed during th Found this to be an highly engrossing read, especially because I have for a time been keen on the topic of cyber warfare I especially loved this book s approach a behind the scenes look into the History of Cyber War in relation to the US The NSA of course tak...

Dark Territory
  • English
  • 25 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 339 pages
  • 1476763259
  • Fred Kaplan
  • Dark Territory