Cyber War

I'd like to thank Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for making me laugh this morning when I read a quote of his about the recent WikiLeaks release of US secret diplomatic cables about US foreign policy around the world. This has been a fascinating story on so many levels, the most fundamental being how could the US let this happen? Its such a massive breach of security.

Cyber warfare is only just starting to make its way onto the stage just like terrorism did post 9/11. Iran is battling the Stuxnet virus and a Chinese group called Government Leaks has announced a June 1, 2011 launch of leaks from the Chinese government just in time for the twenty second anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Very interesting times, heres the quote from Foreign Policy:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the information in the cables confirms Israel's own assessment of the Iranian threat. “There is not a huge gap between what we say behind closed doors and what we say openly,”