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LulzSec, Phsy, AntiSecPro Security Team, and many other similar clusters of anarchist hackers and script kiddies haven’t used any advanced hacking techniques. They’ve been incredibly successful using nothing more than spear phishing, social engineering, and SQL injection when breaking into networks. Stolen information is then made public by hosting it on a public website like The Pirate Bay or PasteBin. They’ve been so successful at this that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took the unusual step of preparing and releasing a report on the organization.[52] While the FBI, Scotland Yard, and other international law enforcement agencies have made numerous arrests, it has had little effect on these ongoing operations. This is partly due to the nature of a loosely organized, widely distributed network that can randomly come together to form attack cells, then split apart and reform at a later date under new aliases. New members are eager to get involved since the barrier to entry is so low and the anti-establishment appeal is so high.

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[41] Jeffrey Carr, “Why is Hillary Clinton so interested in cyber-attacks on Google?”, The Guardian, June 3, 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/03/china-gmail-hack-cyber-attack.

[42] “Field Manual 34-130—Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield,” Enlisted.info, http://www.enlisted.info/field-manuals/fm-34-130-intelligence-preparation-of-the-battlefield.shtml.

[43] Chris C. Demchak and Peter Dombrowski, “Rise of a Cybered Westphalian Age,” Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring 2011.

[44] Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, July 2011.

[45] Basarab Nicolescu, “The Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity,” SUNY Press 2002.

[46] Even though Pauli’s lifetime preceded the Internet age, he wrote extensively about a unifying connecting principle that bridged mind and matter. Nicolescu references Pauli’s work, and calls that connecting principle cyber-space-time.

[47] “Indeterminacy,” The Information Philospher, http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/indeterminacy.html.

[48] http://www.biroco.com/yijing/stick.htm.

[49] “Indeterminacy,” The Information Philospher, http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/indeterminacy.html.

[50] Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice? The Mathematics of Chaos (Wiley), p. 141.

[51] Basarab Nicolescu, “Methodological Foundation of Transcultural and Transreligious Studies,” www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeIII/HTML/Nicolescu.html.

[52] US DHS—National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center Bulletin, “Anonymous and Associated Hacker Groups Continue To Be Successful Using Rudimentary Exploits To Attack Public And Private Organizations,” A-0010-NCCIC-160020110719.

Social Networks: The Geopolitical Strategy of Russian Investment in Social Media

There is a troika of powerful individuals fueling the growth of the Russian Internet, as well as Russian investments in cyberspace, while serving the interests of the Kremlin. These men are Gleb Pavlovsky (founder, Foundation for Effective Politics), Vladislav Surkov (Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of the Russian Federation), and Yuri Milner (CEO, DST Global, Inc.). Their genesis of power and influence began in the mid-90s when the Russian Internet was still in its infancy. Today, with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube live broadcasting the regime changes sweeping across Northern Africa and the Middle East, Internet-savvy politicians and businessmen are the new power brokers in the Kremlin.

Gleb Pavolvsky

The 1990s were the formative years of the Russian Internet (RuNET), led in part by Gleb Pavlovsky and his Foundation for Effective Politics. Pavlovsky saw the value of a Russian Internet early on and was instrumental in creating the first Russian online news magazine, Russkiy Zhurnal, and helping organize and fund the creation of Lenta.ru, Gazeta.ru, and other sites. He served on four presidential election campaign staffs in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Pavlovlsky’s publishing house, Yevropa, published Khroniki Informatsionnoy Voynyby