Tag: China
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We’re Losing the “Cyber” War to Ourselves
It’s hard to pinpoint where the concept of cyberwar originated. In roundabout ways it likely goes back many decades in fiction. As far as citations go, some believe a seminal work is titled Unrestricted Warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, two colonels in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Regardless of when the premise started,…
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Assessing the ‘War on Tech’: Huawei vs. U.S.
[I wrote this with Curtis Kang who did a lot of work researching various aspects of this article and provided invaluable help. His research and written contributions made this article possible. It was originally intended to be published on RiskBasedSecurity.com in early 2020 but was passed over so I am publishing it here.] In 2019,…
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Cyberwar with China: Self-fulfilling Prophecy
[This was written by Sioda and myself and originally published on attrition.org.] Voltaire once wrote, “If God didn’t exist, Man would have to invent Him.” It would seem that the popular press has taken this axiom and turned it on its ear. At the time of this writing, we are inundated with Chicken Little style…