America’s Long War of Attrition With China Is Just Beginning

Michael Klare / TomDispatch Feb 18, 2019 Tensions between the rival superpowers continue to escalate, and perhaps the greatest victim of their conflict will be planet Earth itself. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Looking to History to Understand Cyber-Conflict

James Mumford Apr 13, 2018 With the Pentagon calling for a nuclear response to non-nuclear attacks on critical infrastructure, a new book explores the digital front. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Job Board [a cartoon from the United Arab Emirates]

By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE / via Cagle Cartoons Jan 15, 2017 Dig deeper

‘Zero Days’ Film Review: When Warfare Goes Viral, Guess Who Loses?

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 9, 2016 Compared to the era-defining new infoweapon Stuxnet, Big Brother is the stuff of child’s play. Compared to the era-defining new infoweapon Stuxnet, Big Brother is the stuff of child’s play. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Advice Too Secret to Ignore

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Mar 20, 2014 Col. Manners answers questions on CIA practices, proper cyberwar behavior, and invasion etiquette. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Cyber Soldier

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 Dig deeper

Disclosed: Funding America’s Digital Wars

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2013 Top-secret budget documents given to The Washington Post by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden show how Barack Obama's growing force of cyberwarriors infiltrate and disrupt foreign computer networks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Digital Empire’s Threat to Latin America

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 9, 2013 "Every day, hundreds of millions of messages from the entire Latin American continent are devoured by US spy agencies, and stored forever in warehouses the size of small cities," WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange writes in The Guardian on Tuesday. "The geographical facts about the infrastructure of the internet therefore have consequences for the independence and sovereignty of Latin America." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

British Military Bends the Rules for Out of Shape Computer Warriors

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 4, 2013 If you're good with technology, Her Majesty's military no longer cares how many push-ups you can do. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Chimerica Dream

By Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch Jun 21, 2013 With a set of cyber-campaigns -- from cyber-enabled economic theft and espionage to the possibility of future state-sanctioned cyber-attacks -- evolving in the shadows, it’s hard to spin the sunny “new type of great power relationship” President Xi suggested for the U.S. and China at the recent summit. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

GOP’s Foreign Policy Unfit for a World Power

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings to become secretary of defense have raised questions about the Republican Party's ability to conduct U.S. foreign policy worthy of a major international player; Hillary Clinton may be responsible for the decline in the use of "Hillary" as a baby name; meanwhile, although President Obama is quite adept at Internet use, his tendency toward waging a "cyber war" is a deficient approach to online security. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

China Wages Secret Cyber War Against The New York Times

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 1, 2013 “Revelations that China apparently targeted the New York Times in a campaign of cyber-espionage have cast a rare spotlight on attempts by Beijing to crack down on any criticism of its ruling elite,” The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )