Sunday, June 09, 2013

Unrestricted Cyber Realm Warfare

China isn't paying attention to our concerns about their cyber-war efforts that are hurting us. Could China take a step too far that ultimately enrages our people?

In his meeting with the leader of China, President Obama has brought up our concerns over their cyber-war attacks on America:

The United States and China are in "uncharted waters" as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity, President Barack Obama said following the opening round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in the California desert. ...

The issue of cyberespionage hangs over the summit, although both leaders carefully avoided accusing each other of the practice when talking to the press at the end of their first day of meetings. But they acknowledged an urgent need to find a common approach to addressing the matter.

China sees that they have an advantage. So they want to exploit it. In many ways, our security people are eager to fight back. While we are probably engaged in some defensive exploits to let China steal information we want them to steal, we have not counter-attacked China, it seems.

China needs to worry about whether exploiting their advantage is a game winner or a game changer that gets us in the cyber-war with blood in our eyes. Is their a cyber-Lusitania out there that China will strike one day because they can strike it?