Will Russia launch CYBER warfare?

**BillBrown** · April 16th, 2018, 10:18 am

Expert says it is IMMINENT
THE attack on Syria by Western powers has fuelled fears that Russia will retaliate with a cyber attack against UK hospitals and other services including air traffic control. But will Russia launch cyber warfare against Britain? One expert believes havoc could be on the way…

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...ck-in-syria-us

Let's hope not- It would be nasty stuff.
If so, I hope we are prepared with a defense to it.

**hindsight2020** · April 16th, 2018, 10:23 am

I'll believe it when I see it.

**BillBrown** · April 16th, 2018, 10:27 am

Originally Posted by hindsight2020

I'll believe it when I see it.

I think we all will.
I just hope we don't see it.

**JohnRandolph** · April 16th, 2018, 11:03 am

Originally Posted by BillBrown

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...ck-in-syria-us

Let's hope not- It would be nasty stuff.
If so, I hope we are prepared with a defense to it.

We?
I am as amused this turn of phrase as I am when a Cowboys fan lumps himself in with the players when discussing the next game in which he will have no part as a participant.
The biggest penis competition will continue regardless. You nor I will have any say in the outcome.

**Midwesterner** · April 16th, 2018, 12:02 pm

I think a better question is will Russia CONTINUE their cyber attacks on America? It seems some were fine with it as long as it helped achieve certain political objectives. Obviously, that will not always be the case and the Russians can and will turn on you on a dime. They have never cared about anything that is in America's best interest. In fact, you could make a strong case for the OPPOSITE! Anything that damages us and brings us down usually benefits them.

**CaughtInTheMiddle** · April 16th, 2018, 12:11 pm

the BEST cyber attacks (or more specifically, cyber warfare), are done while the entity being attacked doesn't even know it. sneaky. undercover. covert.

**JayJay** · April 16th, 2018, 12:12 pm

Question...did the allied attacks against Syria shift the power structure in Syria in the slightest so as to provoke any Russian response beyond that of being an annoyance?

My answer to that is no...therefore it is not in Russia’s best interests to do any type of cyber attack that did anything other than be annoying to us.

**Saul Goodman** · April 16th, 2018, 12:15 pm

Originally Posted by JayJay

Question...did the allied attacks against Syria shift the power structure in Syria in the slightest so as to provoke any Russian response beyond that of being an annoyance?

My answer to that is no...therefore it is not in Russia’s best interests to do any type of cyber attack that did anything other than be annoying to us.

Anybody with eyes knows the whole point of the one off retaliation on Syria was to change the news cycle from a week of ever more explosive news stories breaking about Trump & Co. corruption and criminality. So kick back and let the missiles fly and then back to business as usual.

**Jamerican** · April 16th, 2018, 12:16 pm

As a SWE, I'm in the field of Cyber Security and foreign entities attempt to hit our servers EVERY DAY. Russia has never stopped and they will continue in some form or fashion try to penetrate our servers for info, to corrupt and destroy, or DOS our asses. Same with China, North Korea, many Middle Eastern Countries, and even some in Africa.

**JayJay** · April 16th, 2018, 12:18 pm

Originally Posted by Jamerican

As a SWE, I'm in the field of Cyber Security and foreign entities attempt to hit our servers EVERY DAY. Russia has never stopped and they will continue in some form or fashion try to penetrate our servers for info, to corrupt and destroy, or DOS our asses. Same with China, North Korea, many Middle Eastern Countries, and even some in Africa.

And we do it to them too. The balance is unlikely to change because we lobbed a hundred missiles at targets we told the Russians about ahead of time.

**BillBrown** · April 16th, 2018, 12:30 pm

Originally Posted by Midwesterner

I think a better question is will Russia CONTINUE their cyber attacks on America? It seems some were fine with it as long as it helped achieve certain political objectives. Obviously, that will not always be the case and the Russians can and will turn on you on a dime. They have never cared about anything that is in America's best interest. In fact, you could make a strong case for the OPPOSITE! Anything that damages us and brings us down usually benefits them.

The type of cyber attacks this article is talking about are no comparison to anything we've seen yet. That was child's play.

**Cratic3947** · April 16th, 2018, 12:32 pm

No, they mess with Trump. He's not a loser like Obama the chaos maker...

They got a Trump thump. And went home. Ha ha!

Trump is cool

**BlueDog Dem** · April 16th, 2018, 12:36 pm

Originally Posted by Cratic3947

No, they mess with Trump. He's not a loser like Obama the chaos maker...

They got a Trump thump. And went home. Ha ha!

Trump is cool

this cant be a serious statement

**BillBrown** · April 16th, 2018, 12:40 pm

I really can't see Russia playing all their cyber cards over the Syrian strike.
Their cards supposedly are the ability to totally shut down the infrastructure- power grid- communications- transport- you name it.
If they do it at all, I think they would only give us a taste of what is possible.

I guess it's also possible it's all a bunch of bull.