Obama Cyber Memo Is Just The Latest Sign That The U.S. Is Preparing For Cyberwar
A top-secret presidential memo published Friday marked the latest sign that the Obama administration is ready to go on the offensive in a potential cyberwar.
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On Friday, the Guardian published a secret presidential directive calling on national security and intelligence officials to create a list of potential foreign targets for U.S. cyber attacks. The 18-page document, known as Presidential Policy Directive 20, aims "to put in place tools and a framework to enable government to make decisions" on cyber actions, a senior administration official told the Guardian.
The directive states that cyber attacks can be launched as part of "anticipatory action taken against imminent threats," but should comply with U.S. and international law and receive approval from the president if they are "reasonably likely to result in significant consequences," according to the Guardian.
The memo is the latest sign that the Obama administration is laying the groundwork to retaliate in a potential cyber conflict. Earlier this year, Gen. Keith Alexander, who runs the Pentagon's Cyber Command, told Congress he is establishing "an offensive team" of 13 teams of experts to carry out cyberattacks against foreign countries that target the United States with destructive computer code.
President Barack Obama has directed the United States, along with Israel, to launch a series of cyber attacks known as Stuxnet that damaged Iran's nuclear program,according to The New York Times.
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On Friday, the Guardian published a secret presidential directive calling on national security and intelligence officials to create a list of potential foreign targets for U.S. cyber attacks. The 18-page document, known as Presidential Policy Directive 20, aims "to put in place tools and a framework to enable government to make decisions" on cyber actions, a senior administration official told the Guardian.EVEN THOUGH
National Technical Reasearch Organisation failed to snoop on US servers
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Going beyond its mandate, the fledgling National Technical Reasearch Organisation had tried to penetrate the user data of American internet service providers, includingGoogle, Yahoo! and Skype, between 2006-2007. Although it failed to crack that the agency routinely accessed servers of some Indian providers like Rediffmail and Sify.
Sources in the security establishment revealed that the NTRO's bid to find surreptitious access to the US service provider giants "continues", though their "competence remains suspect" in the face of the advanced encryption standards employed by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Apple, Skype, Facebook and Twitter among others. The objective of the NTRO, which is not authorized by law to undertake electronics surveillance or signals interception within India, was to access emails, chats and photographs besides login details of users.
Only nine agencies - the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation, Economic Intelligence Bureau, the Directorate of Revenue, Income Tax Department, Defence Intelligence Agency, Narcotics Control Bureau and the National Investigation Agency - are permitted by law, the Telegraph Act of 1885 and the Information Technology Act of 2008, to covertly perform electronic surveillance, including telephone tapping, over their targets.
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Sources in the security establishment revealed that the NTRO's bid to find surreptitious access to the US service provider giants "continues", though their "competence remains suspect" in the face of the advanced encryption standards employed by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Apple, Skype, Facebook and Twitter among others. The objective of the NTRO, which is not authorized by law to undertake electronics surveillance or signals interception within India, was to access emails, chats and photographs besides login details of users.
Only nine agencies - the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation, Economic Intelligence Bureau, the Directorate of Revenue, Income Tax Department, Defence Intelligence Agency, Narcotics Control Bureau and the National Investigation Agency - are permitted by law, the Telegraph Act of 1885 and the Information Technology Act of 2008, to covertly perform electronic surveillance, including telephone tapping, over their targets.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/National-Technical-Reasearch-Organisation-failed-to-snoop-on-US-servers/articleshow/20499341.cms
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