z4ns4stu writes “Shane Harris of the National Journal describes how the US government plans to use, and has successfully used, cyber-warfare to disrupt the communications of insurgents in Iraq. ‘In a 2008 article in Armed Forces Journal, Col. Charles Williamson III, a legal adviser for the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, proposed building a military “botnet,” an army of centrally controlled computers to launch coordinated attacks on other machines. Williamson echoed a widely held concern among military officials that other nations are building up their cyber-forces more quickly. “America has no credible deterrent, and our adversaries prove it every day by attacking everywhere,” he wrote. … Responding to critics who say that by building up its own offensive power, the United States risks starting a new arms race, Williamson said, “We are in one, and we are losing.”‘”Read more of this story at Slashdot.[...]

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US Cybersecurity Plan Includes Offense