“Best Cyber Military doesn’t belong to Russia….”

Written in August of last year, this article from Reuters discusses the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computers. It essentially uses this event to show that the history of one country spying on and exploiting another country has been going on for a long, long time. Since the 1950s or after the second world war in general, the world’s super powers have been launching programs designed to undermine the goals of their adversaries. The Campaign of Truth was launched by Harry S Truman to expose to the Russian people the “lies” of their government. The article references several US campaigns focused on Latin American countries as well. Led by the NSA and now Cyber Command, the United States has the best cyber military in the world. What’s truly fascinating, however, is how cyber warfare is growing and the US is at the forefront of this change. According to the article, this new arena of warfare will feature a traditional approach with a Cyber Army, Cyber Navy, Cyber Air Force, and Cyber Marine Corps. “The idea is to turn the Internet from a worldwide web of information into a global battlefield for war. ‘The next major conflict will start in cyberspace,” says one of the secret NSA documents. One key phrase within Cyber Command documents is ‘Information Dominance.””

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-intelligence-commentary-idUSKCN10F1H5