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Five myths about Chinese hackers – The Washington Post
ht to rf for pointing me to this article. Five myths about Chinese hackers By James Andrew Lewis, Published: March 22...
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What is Information Operations
Diplomacy (Photo credit: rinkjustice) Here is a typical first conversation I have with everyone I meet who works in the IO field. “Hi! My name is Joel, nice to meet you!” ‘Appropriate response’...
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Buy your cyber weapon: Selling Excalibur cyber weapon for $1700 | Cyberwarzone
Buy your cyber weapon: Selling Excalibur cyber weapon for $1700 Submitted by CWZ on Wed, 03/27/2013 – 03:32 Start your own Cyberwar or Cyberconflict with 1700 dollars. The question for a decent and...
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#whyaustin Texans mock Kim Jong Un’s apparent plan to strike Austin
Propaganda is usually serious, political or repugnant. My good friend, Dr. J. Michael Waller, says that ridicule is often an even more effective method of North Korea Kim Jong-un (Photo credit: Wander...
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“China has no cyber warfare troops” and other laughable quotes
This is one month old but I just wanted to highlight what I consider almost laughable propaganda. If they don’t have any cyber warfare soldiers, they have Geng (Photo credit: Araz Photo) not been...
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April Fools
The April Fools (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today is the first April Fools Day where I didn’t play a practical joke. This is, indeed, a sad occasion. A few years ago a friend and I released a mock Joint...
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Countries having an interest in this blog
Globe (Photo credit: stevecadman) Oh, what sick and twisted minds we have. Okay, just me. But I get to spew forth facts and figures which I find fascinating. Tonight I was taking a shallow tour of...
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Seeking IO Lessons Learned
This old IO guy is… well, old. Or maybe I just feel that way today. I’ve been ‘doing’ IO since the mid-90s since the phrase Information Operations was first Lessons Learned (song) (Photo credit:...
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North Korean Propaganda Website Hacked, Apparently by Anonymous
Originally posted at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f12_1365084142 North Korean Propaganda Website Hacked, Apparently by Anonymous Uriminzokkiri.com, the North Korean propaganda site, was hacked, it...
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Removing the Human from IO
Writing Stories (Photo credit: Kiet Callies) A lot of money is spent by the US Department of Department of Defense, and IO offices around the world, to ‘do’ information operations. Sometimes it is...
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Shipboard lasers pass early tests, but work remains | Navy Times
Directed Energy Weapon on ships successful! Shipboard lasers pass early tests, but work remains 2:30 PM, Apr 8, 2013 | Amazing Navy Laser Weapon System Shoots Down Drone: The Laser Weapon System (LaWS)...
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N.Korea ‘Confident’ in Cyber Warfare Capabilities – The Chosun Ilbo
Chosun Ilbo (January 1, 1940) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Editorial comment: Fairly good article, not entirely propaganda. The warfare of words between North Korea, South Korea and the United States...
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About an Offensive Cyber Strategy
HECK (Photo credit: elycefeliz) Offensive cyber strategy… Putting together an offensive cyber strategy is difficult if one does not have a military background, know the latest buzzwords and/or have a...
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Kudos to the Obama Administration for their Information Mastery
President Barack Obama (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the aftermath of the bombing of the Boston Marathon yesterday, 15 April 2013, chaos ensued. Pictures went up online. Videos were posted quickly....
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In Order To
2009 Boston Marathon (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In order to. Such a small, powerful, necessary phrase. It is often shortened to “why”. As a former operational planner we always had to construct a...
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The Joy of e-Qip
Second Draft. The first number drawn was 246, and was picked from the urn by Secretary of War Baker. (Photo credit: The U.S. National Archives) Doing the paperwork required for a security investigation...
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Talking Information Operations
Shoulder Strap from an infantry colonel in the Union Army (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I had a wonderful meeting today with someone who ‘gets it’ when it comes to Information Operations. Full spectrum, A...
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Do not go gentle into that good night
“Do not go gentle into that good night” -Welsh poet Dylan Thomas Judge Jeanine PirroImage from FoxNews.com Information Operations, Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication are usually about quietly...
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National Park Service Classification System
This morning I was sent an article by a friend about facial recognition software that was being considered for use by the security people at the Statue of Liberty, here. Logo of the United States...
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Classification of Unclassified Material
Classified Information (Photo credit: Repoort) I’ve been doing a review of unclassified material to see if it should or might be classified. What a revealing story. I accessed BUNCH of files dealing...
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