Burke, Bill,

Cyberwar. Bill Burke. - Virginian-Pilot, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 72, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Cyberwar, June 26, 2005; pp. A1+.

"On a Thursday morning in May [2005], as some three dozen sailors in uniform and a handful of tieless civilians gathered around, the briefing officer delivered the news: There had been a Category 1 incident at a large local Navy installation. For the assembled group, a Category 1 was serious business--not the low end of the scale, like the one hurricane trackers use. Someone out there in cyberspace had seized control of a couple of the Navy's network computers. Incidents of this magnitude could damage equipment, scramble data or even result in harm to sailors." (VIRGINIAN-PILOT) This article describes cyberattacks on Navy computers and examines how the Navy is fighting these attacks.

1522-3264;


U.S. Dept. of Defense
U.S. Navy--Communication systems


Computer hackers
Computer security
Cyberterrorism
Internet crimes

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