Re: North Korea conflict with US and South Korea could spark cyber war

[Andrew Kirch <trelane () trelane net>]

 James,

1. cyberwar is bullsh*t, always has been, always will be.
2. we are risking a "cyberwar" (which is, as previously mentioned, 
bullsh*t) with North Korea which can't even feed itself, let alone buy 
things like computers, or real internet access.  So, yes you can knock 
out root name servers for a few hours, it has been done by the way, and 
only people on this list really noticed.  The tactical loss of those 
name servers won't slow down the components of the US military which are 
now bombing your country.
With this point we get to why cyberwar is bullsh*t.  Bombs blow stuff 
up, soldiers shoot and kill people, tanks blow stuff up, big ships with 
huge cannons blow stuff up.  This sort of stuff has to be rebuilt.  
Launching a crippling internet attack slow down the flow of e-mail, and 
while this might make our day a bit harder if the blackberry doesn't 
beep happily every minute and a half, in comparison to bombing, or 
getting shot, or blown up, or shelled by battleships, e-mail is pretty 
insignificant.

Andrew

On 7/24/2010 6:49 PM, James Bensley wrote:
> I cant check that link out right now, but if what you say is true,
> this would be very serious. Can anyone confirm this?
>
> On 7/24/10, andrew.wallace<andrew.wallace () rocketmail com>  wrote:
> > n3td3v Security is monitoring the situation between North Korea, US and
> > South
> > Korea.
> >
> > North Korea has already threatened to use its nuclear arms when the
> > "wargames"
> > begin Sunday by United States and South Korea, but n3td3v Security predicts
> > North Korea is planning a large scale cyber attack on US interests.
> >
> > We could really see the first cyber war proper here when it all kicks off
> > Sunday
> > between US, S.Korea and the North.
> >
> > n3td3v Security is warning critical infrastructure utility companies to keep
> > an
> > eye on its cyber assets incase NK's cyber command launch any attack.
> >
> > Andrew Wallace
> >
> > http://sites.google.com/site/n3td3v/