DEF CON 31 - There Are No Mushroom Clouds in Cyberwar - Mieke Eoyang

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This presentation will discuss the history of cyberwarfare, highlighting the misconceptions between nuclear deterrence and the nature of cyber conflict. It will shed light on this association in popular culture, including in movies like "WarGames," which influenced then President Ronald Reagan and fed his concerns about potential hacking into U.S. weapons systems. These concerns and other influences helped to shape early perceptions about the cyber domain, which immediately became intertwined with notions of strategic weapons and catastrophic effects. In subsequent decades, continued theorizing about cyberwarfare envisioned strategic cyber attacks that could cause decisive effects, stoking fears of a "Cyber Pearl Harbor." However, the reality is that cyber operations are ephemeral and cyber effects are hard to attribute and are rarely decisive. The turning point in U.S. cyber strategy occurred in lead up to the 2018 midterm election, with the adoption of a new approach focused on defending forward, which involved actively disrupting malicious cyber activity before it affected the U.S. Homeland. This strategy was further informed by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which demonstrated how cyber capabilities may be used in large-scale conventional conflict. Looking ahead, in terms of protecting Americans and strengthening our global Allies and partners, we know that private industry and individual volunteers will play a critical role, including many of the participants at DEF CON. This recognition acknowledges that cyberwarfare is pervasive and requires collective engagement.
Todos los comentarios (10)
  • @kehet4409
    How to say something without actually saying anything
  • @Jump-2-the-moon
    I get it, cyber war is not as bad as big boomy things. What’s the takeaway from this presentation?
  • @itsme7570
    So how exactly do we help with identifying these attackers? Like if I come across what I believe is a state sponsored hacking group or cyber criminal organization X how do I inform them? They need a better space and system for communicating with people like us from all over.
  • @jakedill1304
    I mean.. there could be mushroom clouds if you do it right.. sure there was a tangential archetype of such in that Iranian nuclear power plant.. can't speak to if there was a mushroom cloud though.. but if you could do that I'm sure you could kind of make that one work if that's really what you want, which it might be.. just you know.. depends on what you're trying to do next Thursday I guess.
  • @NeverTrust298
    DEFCON NSA/CIA/FBI/DoD SPONSORED THIS IS ALL THE EVIDENCE WE NEED