Russia US engage in cyber-warfare talks
Russia has been pushing for talks with the US on the limitation of cyber-warfare. When I first heard about this it didn’t make much sense to me, Russia is the one that has used cyber-warfare to their advantage, so why would they want to limit themselves?
Then I remembered, hey it’s Russia. The same nation that produced Ivan Drago to take out Rocky Balboa in Rocky V to prove a point to the Americans. Here’s 2 things I think Russia is trying to do with these cyber-warfare limitation talks:
1) By engaging in talks about limiting cyber-warfare they’re basically conducting a roundabout security operation. They probably don’t see any new use for cyber-attacks in the near future, and they want to make sure that they aren’t going to get attacked soon. Particularly, they probably see the US as a new threat to them in the cyber-world, and they want to make sure we aren’t considering doing something to them. Maybe they even have intelligence suggesting the US might conduct such an attack in the near future.
2) By engaging in talks they are basically claiming themselves to be a major cyber-power. If they weren’t, why would they and the US need to agree to terms on cyber-warfare limitation? In other words, they’re saying, we got some big guns, we know you have some big guns, let’s agree to not use them. This gives the message to the international community that there’s something to fear.
“I can haXx ur systemz American swine”
Anyway, here’e the story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6808883/US-and-Russia-in-secret-cyber-warfare-talks.html