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Category Archives: Russia

The Great DDoS Is A Shot Across The Bow

A massive DDoS against Dyn DNS today that made it difficult for large portions of the East Coast to access many popular websites (Twitter, Reddit and Spotify, to name a few), is very likely a warning shot fired by a state actor.  With the general election just around the corner, is this a sign of things to come?

CIA Overtly Preparing Cyber Strike – Is This the New Deterrence?

The CIA is apparently preparing for a cyber operation intended to embarrass Russia in retaliation for Russian hacking of US political targets.  This is the next logical step after publicly attributing the hacks to Russia, but one has to wonder if this is the proper way to implement deterrence in the cyber realm.  The principles of Mutually Assured Destruction are every bit as relevant today as during the Cold War, but if the US is going to start meeting tit  for tat, I expect NSA and CYBERCOM to start aggressively ramping up their recruitment efforts.