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@WAR: the rise of the military-Internet complex
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2015
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CybersecurityEngineeringCyber AttacksInternet ScienceInformation SecurityCommunicationShane HarrisUnited StatesSocial MediaPage-turning AccountMilitary-internet ComplexUnderwater CybersecurityTechnologyCyberweaponSocial ComputingSecurityCyber Threat IntelligenceArtsInformation WarfareCyberwarfare
The United States treats cyberspace as a fifth warfare domain, deploying hacker teams and partnering with tech giants to gather intelligence and launch cyber attacks. Harris examines how the emerging cybersecurity regime affects everyday internet users, highlighting their vulnerability. The military has forged an alliance with technology and finance firms to patrol cyberspace, offering unprecedented insight into this partnership. Cyber hackers were pivotal to the U.S. victory in Iraq.
Asurprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought today The United States military currently views cyberspace as the fifth domain of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense,the National Security Agency, and the CIAall field teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy targets. In fact, as @WAR shows, U.S. hackers were crucial to our victory in Iraq. Shane Harris delves into the frontlines of Americas new cyber war. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast amounts of information. The military has also formed a new alliance with tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace, and Harris offers a deeper glimpse into this partnership than we have ever seen before. Finally, Harris explains what the new cybersecurity regime means for all of us, who spend our daily lives bound to the Internet and are vulnerable to its dangers.