World Wide War 3.0

A very long and detailed article about Cyberwarfare, China and NCPH, Russian mafia, Armies for hire : World Wide War 3.0 (The-diplomat.com)

China’s military strategists have recognised that asymmetrical warfare – picking key targets to disrupt and demoralise a militarily superior opponent – is the best way to counter the force of the US. Cyber warfare has appeared prominently in People’s Liberation Army (PLA) literature as a key plank in this strategy.

A 2003 report by Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Timothy L Thomas from the US Foreign Military Studies Office revealed that the PLA’s 1.5 million reserve force included “a shock brigade of network warriors, information protection troops, an information corps, electronic police and a united network People’s War organ.”

Around this time a series of systematic attacks were launched from Guangdong province against US government agencies and contractors, compromising hundreds of unclassified networks. The attacks lasted for at least two years and were investigated by the FBI under the code name Titan Rain.

Next in our cyberwarfare row is Canada, but that is for the next post.