Cybersecurity

Hackers expose email addresses and passwords of 242 NATO officials

By Ed Pilkington and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Ed Pilkington and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian:  Thousands of British email addresses and encrypted passwords, including those of defence, intelligence and police officials as well as politicians and Nato advisers, have been revealed on the internet following a security breach by hackers.

Firms Bid on NATO Cyberwar

By Daniel Michaels, the Wall Street Journal

China’s cyberwar

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States, aimed at stealing its most sensitive military and economic secrets and obtaining the ability to sabotage vital infrastructure.

NATO exercise tests alliance’s cyber defenses

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO conducted from 13 to 15 December a cyber defence exercise in order to test technical and operational Alliance cyber defence capabilities.

The Five Futures of Cyber Conflict and Cooperation

By Jason Healey

The word cyberspace is nearly thirty years old and during that time, academics, theorists, and strategists have been considering how conflict will unfold in this new domain. As yet, though, little has been published on what kinds of different futures may await us. To address this gap, Jason Healey in a new Atlantic Council issue brief […]

Can NATO Adapt to Cyber Warfare?

By Robin Tim Weis, FrumForum

From Robin Tim Weis, FrumForum:  What is the likelihood that NATO would invoke Article Five–NATO’s collective defense clause–in response to a cyber attack? The possibility first entered media discourse back in October 2010 when the German Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on an internal memo in which NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the use of Article […]

Norway hit by major data-theft attack

By the AP

From the AP:  Data from Norway’s oil and defense industries may have been stolen in what is feared to be one of the most extensive data espionage cases in the country’s history, security officials said Thursday.