Sunday, September 1, 2013
Cyber Armageddon: In depth Analysis of What Syrian Electronic Army ‘can’ do if US attacks Syria
This world is a place of
turmoil and threats. Every country, organization, persons or military
from around the world claim, from time to time, that it or they has/have
more power than others. Recently, a new such group has surfaced in
print and electronic media. They are the SEA (Syrian Electronic Army). This group has thus far hacked Twitter and the websites of Al Jazeera, New York Times, CNN, Washington Post and several other giants of the media.-
Syrian Electronic Army:
After the rise of civil war
in Syria, the situation became more aggravated when international powers
started supporting the Free Syria Army with intel, finance and arms. On
one hand people are dying regularly in great numbers; on the other, the
SEA has started hacking media and social media like twitter, New York
Times, Washington Post, Al-Jazeera etc, striking panic in the media
around the globe.
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The reaction of USA:
The Secretary of State John
Kerry recently expressed that a US military assault is likely against
Syria. He claimed that the US has been provoked to take such decisive
action because the Syrian Army has been allegedly utilizing mass
destruction chemical weapons on innocent people and killing women and
children.
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The Threats of Syrian Electronic Army:
The Syrian Electronic Army is
threatening America stating that if Syria is attacked by the American
military, they have many surprises for the world. The Parliament of UK
is totally against any military strike against Syria.
According to one of the SEA
spokesperson, they have thousands of members and many more are
recruiting themselves voluntarily to the cause mand doing so with
regularity. The SEA also claims that it has a special operations
division. In addition, every member of the SEA is prepared and capable
of fighting a war against the media. The SEA does not think it is a
hacking group, rather, it considers itself to be an army. Moreover, the
SEA denies Chinese support; “neither Chinese nor Russians are helping
us. It is just an attempt to show that Syrians are not capable of
carrying out operations without foreign help”. However, this is not the
case. The SEA has been seized once and it has re-launched again.
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Targets:
Banking system, nuclear
stations, power Grids, defense platforms, airports, financial
institutions and of course prominent media giants.
In December 2012, when US Navy was already facing 110,000 cyber attacks every hour,
the former CIA chief broke a news that a cyber attack could down all
the significant U.S. sites at once and an economic downturn may occur
which might be as serious as the 9/11 incident, calling it a ‘Cyber 9/11′.
Keeping chief’s suspicion in mind, the sites indicated by him belonged to the banking system,
essential infrastructure, nuclear stations and power grids. All these
are essentials for a nations economy which, if compromised, could be
catastrophic.
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CONCLUSION:
We have all heard about hacking groups engaging in what they call a ‘cyber war’ but this will be a totally different playing field. The question both sides need to ask is, can the SEA mount a serious enough challenge to impede the most powerful nation on earth and for the Americans, are they fully prepared to fight a war on two completely different fronts?
Time will tell but one thing is for certain, if this plays out as the SEA claim, modern warfare has just become a whole lot more complicated and potentially more dangerous.
Source : http://hackread.com
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