*I dunno how this scheme is gonna work out, but I guess we'll get an idea soon enough. It's sort of like a covert military virus attack being countered with blasts of poison gas.
–Executive Order Allows US to Impose Sanctions for Cyber Espionage
and Destructive Attacks
(April 1, 2015)
President Obama has signed an executive order establishing economic
sanctions that can be levied against foreign entities that conduct
digital espionage and intellectual property theft against US
organizations. Sanctions may be imposed for actions that harm "national
security, foreign policy, economic health, or financial stability of the
United States."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2015/0401/Obama-signs-order-creating-new-cyber-sanctions-program
http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/04/obama-declares-cyberattacks-national-emergency/109003/?oref=ng-channeltopstory
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/237581-obama-declares-cyberattacks-a-national-emergency
http://www.eweek.com/security/obama-signs-executive-order-for-cyber-security-sanctions.html
https://www.wired.com/2015/04/new-obama-order-allows-sanctions-foreign-hackers/
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cyber_eo.pdf
–Sanction Order Raises Concerns About Attribution and Due Process
(April 2, 2015)
The cyber sanctions raise concerns about due process for those who
believe they have been wrongly accused and about how agencies will
determine who is responsible for those attacks in the first place.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2905295/obama-cyberattacker-sanctions-raise-due-process-attribution-concerns.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/04/01/our-latest-tool-combat-cyber-attacks-what-you-need-know
[Editor's Note (Northcutt): +1, attribution approaches being an
impossible problem. There are too many opportunities to set someone else
up. On the other hand, if you just want an excuse to invade a country or
wipe out a group, this works perfectly:
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21567886-america-leading-way-developing-doctrines-cyber-warfare-other-countries-may
http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7260&context=jclc
http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/14235-Attribution-Problems-Hinder-US-Cyberwar-Strategy.html
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/cyberwarfare-characteristics-and-challenges/
http://faculty.nps.edu/ncrowe/3%20-%20Rowe%20chapter%20070214.htm ]
