Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race - WSJ

Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race - WSJ:



Dozens of countries amass cyberweapons, reconfigure militaries to meet threat
Defensive cyber operations at Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. PHOTO: RICK
Countries toiled for years and spent billions of dollars to build elaborate facilities that would allow them to join the exclusive club of nations that possessed nuclear weapons.
Getting into the cyberweapon club is easier, cheaper and available to almost anyone with cash and a computer.
A series of successful computer attacks carried out by the U.S. and others has kicked off a frantic and destabilizing digital arms race, with dozens of countries amassing stockpiles of malicious code. The programs range from the most elementary, such as typo-ridden emails asking for a password, to software that takes orders from a rotating list of Twitter handles."