Monday 7 November 2011

The Internet Is Becoming The Next Battlefield


The Pentagon's researchers plan to bolster their efforts to create offensive weapons for use in cyber warfare (AFP/File, Jim Watson)

The Internet: Frontline Of The Next War? -- CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- DARPA, the agency that really did invent the Internet, is now looking at ways the Web might be used to fight the next war.

DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a Pentagon office that researches everything from cutting-edge cybersecurity to hypersonic airplanes.

The agency's director, Regina Dugan, told a gathering of cybersecurity experts Monday that "DARPA will focus an increasing portion of our cyber research on the investigation of offensive capabilities to address military specific needs."

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