New Wars, New Warriors
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The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
Modern war isn’t always fought on a physical battlefield, and the US Army is making new moves to try and keep hackers and cyber attacks away from its computers. Yet some of these vital battles are being fought by young men and women who are new to the field themselves.
Meet one of Turkey’s original digital protesters — and see how she’s keeping up the fight for change
“Meryem” was a force on Twitter during the Gezi Park protests, tweeting news and information in Turkish and in English. She was covering the protests 22 hours a day — but that’s a difficult pace to maintain when protest movements lose steam.
For many geeks, Anonymous is the gateway drug to political and social activism
Anonymous has evolved from a band of online pranksters into a legitimate group focused on social activism. But just how much impact is it making? It’s uneven, but that doesn’t mean the group isn’t making a difference, especially in the lives of budding activists.
You fly over foreign lands, maybe kill people, then drive home for dinner
“Taylor” trained as a drone sensor operator for six months, learning how to blow up things — and people — across the world with million-dollar equipment. But even though she got to go home every night, a decade of long-distance war has still taken its toll.
Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side
Chris Doman doesn’t want to scare you, but cyber attacks are only getting worse. That’s why some hackers like him are pouring their time into “network defense,” trying to keep out cyber intruders that want to steal everything from credit card numbers to industrial secrets.