Is the US ready for a cyberwar? Articles / Security Posted by L33tdawg on May 19, 2005 - 12:12 AM With the exponentially growing military capability of the United States, it is becoming increasingly difficult for enemies to create and maintain a physical military strike. Most of them lack those kinds of resources, stymied by money and an intimidating US Defense Department. It helps that the US is generally aware of who its enemies are (recent military efforts excepted). In the past, even recent past, threats to US borders were whole and conspicuous nation-states, or trickier groups of rogue terrorists operating with more primitive offenses. But the emerging threat of our time is becoming less and less bombs and bullets. The "sleeping giant" proves difficult to knock down with sticks and stones, and ever-smaller Davids are camping in nondescript apartment buildings hacking their way into the giant's wallet, where it hurts him the most. Last year, the Defense Department was targeted by hackers nearly 75,000 times, which led to the military forming the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare, or JFCCNW, comprised of "the world's most formidable hacker posse. Ever." This article is from Hack In The Box   http://www.hackinthebox.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16677