Hackers Information Warfare Essay Research Paper AbstractThe

Hackers: Information Warfare Essay, Research Paper

Abstract

The popularity of the Internet has grown immeasurably in the past few years. Along with it the so-called “hacker” community has grown and risen to a level where it s less of a black market scenario and more of “A Current Affair” scenario. Misconceptions as to what a hacker is and does run rampant in everyone who thinks they understand what the Internet is after using it a few times. In the next few pages I m going to do my best to prove the true definition of what a hacker is, how global economic electronic warfare ties into it, background on the Internet, along with a plethora of scatological material purely for your reading enjoyment. I will attempt to use the least technical computer terms I can, but in order to make my point at times I have no choice.

Geoff Stafford

Dr. Clark

PHL 233

There are many misconceptions, as to the definition, of what a hacker truly is, in all my research this is the best definition I ve found:

Pretend your walking down the street, the same street you have always walked down. One day, you see a big wooden or metal box with wires coming out of it sitting on the sidewalk where there had been none.

Many people won t even notice. Others might say, “Oh, a box on the street.”. A few might wonder what it does and then move on. The hacker, the true hacker, will see the box, stop, examine it, wonder about it, and spend mental time trying to figure it out. Given the proper circumstances, he might come back later to look closely at the wiring, or even be so bold as to open the box. Not maliciously, just out of curiosity. The hacker wants to know how things work.(8)

Hackers truly are “America’s Most Valuable Resource,”(4:264) as ex-CIA Robert Steele has said. But if we don’t stop screwing over our own countrymen, we will never be looked at as anything more than common gutter trash. Hacking computers for the sole purpose of collecting systems like space-age baseball cards is stupid and pointless; and can only lead to a quick trip up the river.

Let’s say that everyone was given an opportunity to hack without any worry of prosecution with free access to a safe system to hack from, with the only catch being that you could not hack certain systems. Military, government, financial, commercial and university systems would all still be fair game. Every operating system, every application, every network type all open to your curious minds.

Would this be a good alternative. Could you follow a few simple guidelines for the offer of virtually unlimited hacking with no worry of governmental interference.

Where am I going with this.

Right now we are at war. You may not realize it, but we all feel the implications of this war, because it’s a war with no allies, and enormous stakes. It’s a war of economics.

The very countries that shake our hands over the conference tables of NATO and the United Nations are picking our pockets. Whether it be the blatant theft of American R&D by Japanese firms, or the clandestine and governmentally-sanctioned bugging of Air France first-class seating, or the cloak-and-dagger hacking of the SWIFT network (1:24) by the German BND’s Project Rahab(1:24), America is getting screwed.

Every country on the planet is coming at us. Let’s face it, we are the leaders in everything. Period. Every important discovery in this century has been by an American or by an American company. Certainly other countries have better profited by our discoveries, but nonetheless, we are the world’s think-tank.

So, is it fair that we keep getting shafted by these so-called “allies.”. Is it fair that we sit idly by, like some old hound too lazy to scratch at the ticks sucking out our life’s blood by the gallon. Hell no.

Let’s say that an enterprising group of computer hackers decided to strike back. Using equipment bought legally, using network connections obtained and paid for legally, and making sure that all usage was tracked and paid for, this same group began a systematic attack of foreign computers. Then, upon having gained access, gave any and all information obtained to American corporations and the Federal government.

What laws would be broken. Federal Computer Crime Statutes specifically target so-called “Federal Interest Computers.”(6:133) (i.e.: banks, telecommunications, military, etc.) Since these attacks would involve foreign systems, those statutes would not apply. If all calls and network connections were promptly paid for, no toll-fraud or other communications related laws would apply.

International law is so muddled that the chances of getting extradited by a country like France for breaking into systems in Paris from Albuquerque is slim at best. Even more slim when factoring in that the information gained was given to the CIA and American corporations.

Every hacking case involving international break-ins has been tried and convicted based on other crimes. Although the media may spray headlines like “Dutch Hackers Invade Internet” or “German Hackers Raid NASA,” those hackers were tried for breaking into systems within THEIR OWN COUNTRIES…not somewhere else. A hacker who uses the handle of 8lgm in England got press for hacking world-wide, but got nailed hacking locally(3). Australia’s Realm Hackers : Phoenix, Elec

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