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A Collection of Studies & Sources on Cyber Warfare

Air Force says drone computer virus poses ‘no threat’

Combat drones' computer systems reportedly infected with virusA computer virus has infected the U.S.-based cockpits of the military’s Predator and Reaper drones, according to media reports.

The robotic planes are controlled remotely from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada as they fly above Afghanistan, Libya and other war zones. The drones are manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. at its sprawling campus in Poway. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Wikipedia, Cyberwarfare "refers to politically motivated hacking to conduct sabotage and espionage. It is a form of information warfare sometimes seen as analogous to conventional warfarealthough this analogy is controversial for both its accuracy and its political motivation". Continue reading on