Network war: the United States Government officially IS "Declaration of war"-IS, Internet, DDoS-IT information
On April 8, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, United States Government announced that it was a terrorist organization IS waging cyber-warfare, this is the United States open for the first time using cyber attacks as a tool of war. United States Defense Secretary Robert ashidun·Kate (Ashton Carter) in the Senate, said: "I have orders to the Cyber command, asking them to perform the first wartime tasks. A few years ago, we only launch cyber warfare in the game, and now we have a real chance. ”
United States will use digital tools to weaken IS the Organization's online communications network, preventing their access to finance and trade. Mr Carter said the network strategy will damage IS military command abilities, interrupts their ability to plot attacks, limiting their financial sources and the ability to pay.
IS also has a cyber warfare capabilities. After the terrorist attacks in Paris, IS the Organization issued a safety manual, which reveals part of its cyber warfare policy. The Organization recommends its members to use the Tor browser and secure email and attaches great importance to social media (such as Facebook, Twitter) and message (including Telegram, WhatsApp) for communication, even encrypted messages on Telegram launched the "help points".
Facebook and the Telegram and other companies have joined the network against IS war. For example, Facebook every day to receive 100duowantiao reports about the offensive content, including nudity, such as terrorism. Monika·beikete, Director of content for the Facebook policy team (Monika Bickert) said: "one thing we heard repeatedly from academia, if you want to be found on the network of terrorists or support terrorism ideology, the best way is to find their friends. Therefore, the account when we found that support for terrorism, we could see its associated account and immediately delete them. ”
Recently, the United Kingdom Government has also announced that they had modified the military rule, to be able to recruit 500 Cyber-warriors. United Kingdom network warfare force, without going through the military physical fitness training job, wearing arms, travel abroad or repair a beard. It was not clear when this force could join the action. The military said they have been recruiting personnel from Government, universities and the public sector.
United States Cyber command was created in 2009 by the Pentagon as part of its security forces, its primary mission is to launch network attacks. This institution has 4,900 members, United States want to expand as 6187 people network task force. This is United States IS a fraction of the military strikes, United States want war would help the network to expand its military influence, without having to deploy more troops.
Cyber command's tools include the defeat IS a distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), that is a lot of traffic attacks lead to server overload, to prevent legitimate users from accessing. Under normal circumstances, this is the favorite tool used by cybercriminals. United States Government, during the cold war, they had used a similar DDoS attacks interfere with radio frequencies.
United States Government covered up its cyber-warfare plans, but now is seeking to open the project, hoping to deter other States and malicious actors. United States Cyber-deterrence strategy, including cyber attacks, filed a lawsuit against military hackers and cyber criminals in public status.
网络硝烟起：美国政府正式向IS“宣战” - IS,互联网,DDoS - IT资讯
4月8日，据每日电讯报报道，美国政府宣布正对恐怖组织IS发动网络战，这是美国首次公开利用网络袭击作为战争工具。美国国防部长阿什顿·卡特（Ashton Carter）在参议院称：“我已经向网络司令部下达命令，要求他们执行首个战时任务。而在几年前，我们只限于在游戏中发动网络战，如今我们获得了真正的机会。”
美国将利用数字工具库削弱IS组织的在线通信网络，阻止其获得资金和进行贸易。卡特表示，网络战略将破坏IS的军队指挥能力，中断他们发动阴谋袭击的能力，限制他们的财政来源以及支付能力。
IS组织也拥有网络战能力。巴黎恐怖袭击事件之后，IS组织曾发布安全手册，里面透露了其部分网络战策略。该组织建议其成员使用Tor浏览器和安全电子邮件，并非常重视通过社交媒体（比如Facebook、Twitter）和消息应用（包括Telegram、WhatsApp）进行沟通，甚至还在加密消息应用Telegram上推出了“帮助站”。
Facebook和Telegram等公司也加入了打击IS的网络大战中。举例来说，Facebook每天可以收到100多万条有关反感内容的报告，囊括裸体、恐怖主义等。负责Facebook政策内容团队的主管莫妮卡·贝克特（Monika Bickert）表示：“我们从学术界反复听说的一件事就是，如果你想在网络上找到恐怖分子或支持恐怖主义的意识形态，最好的方式就是找到他们的朋友。因此，当我们发现支持恐怖主义的账号时，我们会查看其关联账号，并立即将它们删除。”
近来，英国政府也宣布，他们已经修改军事规则，以便能够招募到500名网络战士兵。英国网络战部队成员无需通过军事体能训练、佩戴武器、前往国外执行任务或修理胡子。现在还不清楚这支部队何时能够加入行动。军方称，他们已经从政府、高校以及公共部门招募人才。
美国网络司令部是五角大楼于2009年创建的，作为其网络安全部队，其首要使命就是发动网络攻击。目前这个机构有4900名成员，美国希望将其扩建为有6187人的网络任务部队。此举只是美国对IS军事打击的一小部分，美国希望网络战将帮助扩大其军事影响力，而不必部署更多军队。
网络司令部打击IS组织的工具包括分布式拒绝服务攻击（DDoS），即通过大量流量攻击导致服务器过载，以阻止合法用户访问。正常情况下，这也是网络罪犯最喜欢使用的工具。美国政府表示，在冷战期间，他们曾利用类似DDoS式攻击干扰无线电频率。
美国政府曾掩盖其网络战计划，但现在正寻求开放这个项目，希望籍此能阻止其他国家和恶意行为者。美国的网络战威慑战略包括网络袭击、对军事黑客提起诉讼以及公开网络罪犯身份等。