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UK government planning cyber weapons factory

  • 01-06-2011 5:05am
    #1
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭


    Reports suggest the UK government is to openly initiate cyber weapons production.

    The UK Government has started work on creating a range of cyber weapons as it looks to beef up its arsenal to protect the nation, according to a report.
    In the first official recognition of such an initiative, the Cabinet Office and Cyber Security Operations Centre at GCHQ have taken hold of the programme, sources told the Guardian today.
    "We need a toolbox of capabilities and that's what we are currently developing," said armed forces minister, Nick Harvey.

    http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/259155,uk-government-planning-cyber-weapons-factory.aspx?eid=19&edate=20110601&utm_source=20110601&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter


    Sounds to me like this is the beginning of a new phase of defence by the UK.

    Cyber wars, fought by computers against computers.

    Will we see dead computers everywhere?

    What if it turns computer nuclear.


Comments

  • #2
    Pdfile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    so their gonna DOS attack the commie's ??


    fools !! they have bear cavalry !


  • #3
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    hey there will be no DOSsing about in cyber warfare, all happens to quick


  • #4
    JohnMarston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭JohnMarston


    old_aussie wrote: »
    What if it turns computer nuclear.

    I think you're skipping ahead a few chapters


  • #5
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Long term thread forecast: major warm front of arcane tech spoofing and oneupmanship settling in shortly.


  • #6
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Looks like the US is also getting in on the act

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13614125


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  • #7
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Cyber sounds ridiculous when used in a serious sentence.


  • #8
    18AD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭18AD


    a/s/l?


  • #9
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,530 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Balls, when I saw the thread title I thought we were talking surgically attaching weaponry to soldier's bodies and other cybernetic enhancements :(


  • #10
    Xivilai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    Cyberwar eh?

    Surely it'll mostly be nerds that get killed


  • #11
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    I would be surprised if it wasn't already in place and just being made public now.
    Well at least an espionage unit of some description.
    Maybe this is the fable unit that will turn off the electricity grid and loop fair city on all tv channels til the country surrenders


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  • #12
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    I'd rather a world at cyber war than one at conventional war.


  • #13
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Xivilai wrote: »
    Cyberwar eh?

    Surely it'll mostly be nerds that get killed


    Retina strain and **** wrist!!


  • #14
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    The US one looks so snazzy!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj1WaPGDMbw


  • #15
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    those idiots, haven't they watched Doctor Who? The Cybermen will run amok! :eek:


  • #16
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    its just be one big server in a cardboard box, with virtual reality projected around it to look like a big fancy building


  • #17
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    I'm sure all of our computers will declare neutrality if any cyber war breaks out.


  • #18
    Misty Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Misty Chaos


    Skynet will become self-aware soon enough now, are you ready?


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