hybrid warfare against Sweden ?

[mapuc]

The latest week there have been some sabotage against some of the important thing in the Swedish infrastructure

Sabotage of transmission towers

the collapse of the emergency
(Sweden's 911)

a radar failure, crippling air traffic
Today the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was hit by a comprehensive radar failure that forced the authority to call down all planes from the air in the Stockholm and Gothenburg area. For over two hours, was the traffic down

"Questions must be asked"

The serious incidents in a short period of time has led many among the public to ask whether there is a connection. And on Thursday the Government and several defense experts said it fears that it may be the case

The article is to long to get a correct google translate and my English ain't that perfect.

Markus

[Oberon]

There'll be lots of this to look forward to in the future I'm afraid, the interconnection of our electrical infrastructure is only as strong as our weakest link and people will exploit that weak link and it's only a matter of time before a multitude of lives are lost due to a hostile action undertaken via electronic warfare.
It is a whole new battlefield out there.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Oberon

There'll be lots of this to look forward to in the future I'm afraid, the interconnection of our electrical infrastructure is only as strong as our weakest link and people will exploit that weak link and it's only a matter of time before a multitude of lives are lost due to a hostile action undertaken via electronic warfare.
It is a whole new battlefield out there.

What i fear is that it could be a foreign power behind these "test" If so what is the purpose ?

And if it is a foreign power behind I put my money on it's Russia-The relation between these two country has gone from friendly to not so quite friendly.

Markus

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by mapuc

What i fear is that it could be a foreign power behind these "test" If so what is the purpose ?

And if it is a foreign power behind I put my money on it's Russia-The relation between these two country has gone from friendly to not so quite friendly.

Markus

It could be a foreign power, it could be a terrorist cell or it could be some 4chan user in his mothers basement, that's the thing about this particular form of warfare, we're all armed. It's just that some of us have bigger guns than others and more knowledge about how to use them.
(in before someone makes a joke about restricting access to computers)

Sweden is in a fairly unique position of being relatively neutral in the NATO/Russia grudge match, as it was back during the Cold War, and if you'll recall, there was the many interesting occurances of submarines operating in Swedish waters that we don't know the identity of, and there's just as much evidence that they were NATO submarines as they were Soviet submarines.
It could very well be a western nation looking to see how reliable Sweden would be in a cyberwar scenario, just how much would it take to knock them offline, how much trust should a nation put in Swedens assurances that it can weather such an event?

In the world of intelligence gathering, there's no such thing as a friend, just an opportunity.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

In the world of intelligence gathering, there's no such thing as a friend, just an opportunity.

Precisely

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Oberon

[...] In the world of nations, there's no such thing as a friend, just interests.

Fixed that for you

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Fixed that for you

That works better, danke.