Cyber War

In my intro to media class ,we where asked to watch any video program on Frontline.

I chose the program Cyber War. It talks about how dangerous and vulnerable the United States is because cyber attacks come from nowhere and tracking them down is close to impossible.

For instance, in 2001 right after September 11,there was an attack that came from the middle east which

caused US dams/electric systems to almost crash.

Richard Clarke, a White House security adviser, wanted to find out the potential risk we are susceptible to from hackers. He was able to go through U.S. security located at the targeted power plant without many obstacles and at that point, he realized just how easy it was for a hacker to attack.

The White House security has to fight thousands of battles ever day against such attacks, which is not easy.

The Eligable Reciever and Moonlight Haze where both attempts made on White House security "that scared the hell out of the pentagon" and were harsh wake up calls that could potentially happen. There are people who are trying to fight these hackers but would like to remain secret so that their enemies do not find out about them. However, one of them warned that there is an attack coming very soon that " should not be taken lightly because doing so can be a fatal mistake."

I think this cyber war is happening everywhere and agree that it is close to impossible to fight, because a computer in Australia can be used to send an attack for example. Yet, that does not mean the attack originated from Australia, so the people fight in this war have a lot of work to do.

--By Elizabeth Biemba' 10