World War III: what are your thoughts on cybercrime/cyberwarfare and has WWIII already started without the headlines?

2016-02-07T18:08:37-05:00

There are stories of cyber breaches almost daily in the news. It seems like no one is capable of stopping sophisticated attacks as even the largest corporations are targets in addition to every branch of the U.S. government. In spite of this near constant stream of reporting, WWIII may have already been declared.
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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 7 at 2016 6:17 PM

2016-02-07T18:17:50-05:00

Adding to what PO2 Ed C. stated, defense makes the best offense. It's not enough to simply hide behind authentication methods. If you know nothing about man in the middle, disgruntled users, safe internet browsing, or safeguarding your data, you're way behind the power curve.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Feb 7 at 2016 6:22 PM

2016-02-07T18:22:46-05:00

Maybe. How nations prepare with the right doctrine, equipment, weapons, and vehicles might determine the outcome of the next big war. Take for example the US Marines who told the Secretary of Navy they will train for amphibious landings which resulted in the successful island hopping campaign.

Response by SSG Derek Scheller made Feb 7 at 2016 6:41 PM

2016-02-07T18:41:01-05:00

Whether or not we are in WWIII remains to be seen though it does seem feasable. However, I will say this, we are a country of weak Cyber Defense. In terms of security you have to know both sides to truly be successful at defense and if you don't know how to break into something how can you honestly say you can properly secure it if you don't know what to look for. I do not think we are at a point yet where we could secure our systems in such a way that will stop the likes of China or Russia. Nor do I think we have the personnel truly capable of launching an attack the likes of which China and Russia can.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Feb 7 at 2016 8:51 PM

2016-02-07T20:51:42-05:00

I am thinking data processing and long distant weapons systems will be part of the future.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Feb 7 at 2016 10:52 PM

2016-02-07T22:52:42-05:00

Well for starters WWIII has not started yet although it seems the Hermit Kingdom's "leader" seems to be doing his best to initiate it CPO Tim Dickey.
We are still engaged in a cold war with Russia and Iran even while we are building up forces and capabilities in eastern Europe and northern Iraq which birders on Iran.
Cyberwarfare has been going on for decades, much of what we are dealing with is hacking and extraction of data from our more vulnerable systems. Thankfully we have been successfully attacked by anything like the Stuxnet virus which crippled a significant amount of Iran's nuclear capabilities. Let's hope that our defences of the systems that matter the most are robust and defended in depth.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Feb 7 at 2016 11:27 PM

2016-02-07T23:27:23-05:00

I think WWIII started some time ago, but we have been reluctant to get involved in a serious way. We are currently in the Neville Chamberlain phase.