Report: Israel Used Cyber War Techniques Against Syria
The Israeli military used cyberwar techniques to help blind Syrian air defenses prior to its strike on an alleged nuclear facility at Dayr az-Zawr.More here.
The magazine Aviation Week recently reported that the main attack by the Israeli Defense Forces was preceded by an engagement with a single Syrian radar site at Tall al-Abuad near the Turkish border.
The radar station "was assaulted with what appears to be a combination of electronic attack and precision bombs," causing the whole Syrian air defense radar system to go offline "for a period of time that included the raid," the magazine reported, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence and Israeli military sources.
The sources said the Israeli attack "involved both remote air-to-ground electronic attack and penetration through computer-to-computer links."
posted by Fergie @ 12/13/2007 06:32:00 PM
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I saw the former Chief Strategist of Netscape speak on Cyber Warfare at the SECTOR Conference in Toronto, What an eye opening experience. He stated that given the current cyber weapons race, a cyber war is all but a sure thing. He said "with evety tick of the clock we are one second closer to an all out cyber war." He also talked about a number of cyber weapons that are both software and hardware. The attack on Syria seem like a small skirmish compared to the massive cyber events in late 2007.
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