US and Russia begin cyberwar limitation talks
It's like SALT for hackers
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The US and Russia have begun talks on limiting the the military use of cyberspace.
Entry into the cyber arms reduction talks - convened by a United Nations arms control committee - represents a significant shift for the US, which has resisted entering such talks for years, the New York Times reports. The change of tack came after the US decided that the cyberwarfare capabilities were spreading across the globe to countries such as North Korea and China.
The Russians have long called for talks on spreading the spread of cybermunitions along the lines of treaties limiting the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare forged during the cold war era. The US has resisted such moves for a long time but is now coming around to the view that regulations do have some role to play.
The US wants the talks to cover greater international co-operation in the fight against cybercrime, while Russia is keen to discuss the supposed risks to national sovereignty posed by cyberterrorism.
The Obama administration ordered a review of US internet security strategy in February but is yet to appoint anyone to the cybersecurity czar role established as part of the review.
Actual incidents of cyberattack disrupting online activities on a national scale remain hard to pin down. The internet infrastructure of Estonia was floored by cyber-attacks in April 2007, following a dispute over the relocation of Soviet-era war memorials and graves. In addition, cyberattacks coincided with armed conflict between Russia and Georgia over the fate of Russian-language speaking regions of Georgia in 2008. Other cyberattacks have either caused very little disruption or took place against countries that place very little reliance on cyberspace to deliver government services.
US fears in the area stem from fears that state-sponsored hackers could disrupt the operation of power grids or online banking. A recent power outage in Brazil was initially blamed on hackers, but these claims were subsequently debunked. ®
COMMENTS
look at the size of my stick
The US loves to wave its stick around when it has the biggest stick, as soon as someone else has a stick as big or bigger they suddenly want stick size limitation treaties and stick non proliferation treaties. They also don't want 'rogue states' (for that read 'states they cannot control) developing their own big sticks.
As we all know, the US is the only stick wielding nation that can use their stick, or the threat of their stick, responsibly.
Cnuts.
Unenforceable?
Good luck enforcing this. Surely most if not all 'cyberwar' is vigilantism carried out by private citizens who simply want an excuse to go haxxoring? As the article states, it's hard, nay impossible, to find or prove state involvement in any major 'cyberwar' incident to date.
I wonder what this is really about *dons tin foil hat*
@manfrommars
"Manners Maketh Man"
You a Wykehamist, eh? Nah ... you'ld know it's "makyth".
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