12-28-2010, 07:19 PM
Sil Wrote:Here's to the scary future...
That's the thing man, well technology has all kinds of applications in literally every field imaginable, so does are dependence on these technologies. An because of this dependence we will become more vulnerable, words like cyber warfare and cyber terrorism have all already enter are lexicon.
There are examples of this in world today, like the founder of wikileaks getting arrested.
BBC News - Bail appeal for Wikileaks founder Assange on Thursday
Anonymous attacks on the credit card industries
Anonymous attacks put credit card users at risk | THINQ.co.uk
Russia launches cyber attack on Lithuania
Russians launch cyber attack on Lithuania: media reports > Cybercrime > Legal > News > SC Magazine Australia/NZ
Iranian power plant attack with virus
'State-sabotage' behind Iran virus - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
Itâs kind of frightening to think of a world where something as simple as a virus loaded flash drive can be considered a weapon of mass destruction.