The ethics of cyber attack need full debate

[Brian4Liberty]

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_20866567/mercury-news-editorial-mercury-news-editorial-ethics-secret


Ethics of secret cyberattack on Iran needs full debate

The United States has been has been waging a secret war on Iran since the beginning of President Barack Obama's presidency.

At least, it is war by the definition of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who told ABC News only three weeks ago that a major cyber attack on U.S. electrical or other infrastructure would be considered an act of war on a par with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

How would this be different from the technological attacks Obama has launched to debilitate and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities? And if they do constitute war, at what point do Congress and the American people get to weigh in?

[Brian4Liberty]

Part of the debate on ethics would probably be what happens if this cyber-weapon gets into the hands of people who will use it for other purposes than Iran's nuclear facilities? Whoops, too late for that...


http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?381489-The-US-and-Israel-jointly-developed-a-computer-virus-nicknamed-Flame

Flame came to light last month after Iran detected a series of cyberattacks on its oil industry. The disruption was directed by Israel in a unilateral operation that apparently caught its American partners off guard, according to several U.S. and Western officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

how the hell could someone attack our electrical infrastructure through the internet?

[Brian4Liberty]

how the hell could someone attack our electrical infrastructure through the internet?

Just about everything is computer controlled.

[liberdom]

it's an ethics debate, because there's no legal problems.

[thoughtomator]

how the hell could someone attack our electrical infrastructure through the internet?

Because any dumbass can pass as an engineer these days

[thoughtomator]

by the way, China has been waging all-out cyberwar on us for years

[Pauls' Revere]

by the way, China has been waging all-out cyberwar on us for years

and they have favored nation status too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_favoured_nation

[QuickZ06]

Gotta felling the next false flag will be a cyber attack. They really want the internet regulated and this would be a perfect way to take out two birds with one stone.