Sunday, March 28, 2021

The present Cyber war against the U.S. by Russia and China:

 the failure to fill the role, which would be responsible for coordinating the entire U.S. government’s defensive cyber operations, comes as the new administration grapples with how to kick suspected Russian and Chinese hackers out of federal cyber infrastructure following two major breaches. And it lays bare the challenges in setting up a brand new agency that could encroach upon some power centers in the White House, particularly the National Security Council.

end partial quote from:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/time-is-not-on-our-side-biden-navigates-cyber-attacks-without-a-cyber-czar/ar-BB1f2Weh?ocid=BingNews

It's likely Russia and China attack the U.S. Cyber infrastructure both governmental and corporate in different ways because of different ways of seeing all this. 

From China's perspective the U.S. is business competition and Business from an Asian point of view is ALWAYS WAR.

From Russia's perspective (as far as Putin is concerned) it is about revenge for the collapse of the old Soviet Union in which Putin was a KGB Colonel in East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell.

So, these two different perspectives are present in how they might attack our business and governmental infrastructure through Cyber Warfare.

Can our digital infrastructure be protected?

Not really.

The problem becomes: "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".

Because more than anyone, the U.S. lives in a glass house which is more dependent upon cyber technology more than Russia or China. But especially we are much more dependent than the average Russian is upon cyber technology.

In other words, business in Russia is less dependent upon cyber technology than business in the U.S. or Europe.

But, business in China (at least for the 300 million Chinese at middle class or affluent) is equally vulnerable to the U.S. and Europe.

So, it could be said that the middle class and above people in China, the U.S. and Europe ALL live in glass houses regarding cyber technology.

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