Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1390-994222014-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 13936 invoked by uid 510); 4 Jul 2001 03:48:58 -0000 Received: from jk.egroups.com (208.50.144.83) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 4 Jul 2001 03:48:58 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1390-994222014-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by jk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 04 Jul 2001 04:46:54 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 4 Jul 2001 04:46:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 1213 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2001 04:46:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 4 Jul 2001 04:46:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 4 Jul 2001 04:46:53 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id VAA28144 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:46:53 -0700 Message-Id: <200107040446.VAA28144@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] news Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From AAP 01 July 2001 THE next big threat to Australia's national security could be from mousepads, not missiles, defence chief Admiral Chris Barrie said. Admiral Barrie said more than 30 countries had advanced and aggressive programs for waging cyberwar, and Australia was among the most vulnerable targets. "Many countries have programs to develop such technologies," he said yesterday. "These various tools could be fully integrated into a suite of comprehensive attack options over the next decade and beyond. "It's estimated right now over 30 countries have developed aggressive computer warfare programs." Computer strikes could cripple national infrastructure as well as defence equipment, Admiral Barrie said, and could jeopardise physical military operations. "It's a very cheap and effective way to attack successfully valuable defence and non-defence assets," he said. "Cyberattacks will provide both state and non-state adversaries with new options against countries beyond mere words but short of actual physical attack. "In addition to national infrastructure adversaries will seek to attack military capabilities through electronic warfare." But Admiral Barrie said the proliferation of high-tech physical weapons was also a major threat. Speaking at a US-Australia conference on Asia-Pacific security, he said there was a worrying amount of weapons and military equipment being sold in the region without any regard to politics or ideology. "Some manufacturing countries are selling weapons to customers in the Asia Pacific before these weapons are operational in their own armed forces," he said. "The common thread in the sale of high technology weapons is that sales are no longer determined by how a country lines up with the great powers ... but rather whether the recipient country has the funds to pay for them. "It's truly a buyer's market." http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,2238250%255E2,00.html ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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