Umongameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin e-Kremlin eMoscow.(Ifoto: YURI KOCHETKOV / AFP / Getty Izithombe) Yiminyaka emibini ebizwa ngokuba yiCyber Caliphate sisixhobo esikwi-Intanethi esichazwe ngurhulumente wamaSilamsi ngokuchasene neentshaba zakhe. Ukuqhekeka kwayo kukhubekisa, kubandakanya ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kweendaba zosasazo, zenze iindaba eziphambili kwiphepha liphela kwihlabathi liphela, zivakalisa umphambili omtsha kwelo qela lokubulala i-jihad kwihlabathi liphela ngokuchasene nabangakholwayo.
Ukuthembisa inkxaso kwi-ISIS, iCyber Caliphate igqekeziwe yaza yadelelwa Iiwebhusayithi zikaRhulumente wase-US kunye nemithombo yeendaba ezentlalo, kubandakanya nezo zeCentral Command, kwikomkhulu lePentagon's Middle East. Kulandelwe uhlaselo oluncinci lwe-cyber. Baye bagqogqa kwiziko ledatha lezoKhuselo kwaye bathumela ulwazi lobuqu ngama-1,400 amajoni aseMelika akwi-Intanethi.
ICyber Caliphate ihlasele iithagethi kumazwe amaninzi, kubandakanya utyhola ukufikelela ii-imeyile ezifihlakeleyo eziphezulu zezamagosa aphezulu aseBritane. Olona hlaselo lwasesidlangalaleni lokuhlaselwa kwabo yayingu-Epreli 2015 ukuqweqwedisa yokutya okuninzi okwisiteshi seFrance i-TV5Monde, ebandakanya ukungcolisa iwebhusayithi yayo kunye nesiqubulo esithi Je suis ISIS. Olu hlaselo, olubonwa zizigidi zabantu kwihlabathi liphela, lwanika iqela elibi elalilinqwenela.
Umdibaniso okhokelwa yiMelika ngokuchasene ne-ISIS uthathe isoyikiso seCyber Caliphate ngokungathandekiyo, enikezela ngezixhobo ezibonakalayo zobukrelekrele ekulandeleleni nasekufundeni iqela. Uloyiko lwaseNtshona lonyukile kulo Epreli kunye isibhengezo Ukwahlula abahlaseli be-ISIS babedibana, besenza i-United Cyber Caliphate entsha, eyilelwe ukuba ibe lulwandiso olukhulu lweCyber Caliphate ekhoyo. Ukuzoba abahlaseli be-jihadist abavela kumazwe amaninzi, oku kuya kuba sisoyikiso esikhulu kwi-Intanethi.
Ukuphendula, iPentagon ngasekupheleni kukaFebruwari yabhengeza ukungabikho kwenyani Imfazwe ye-cyber ngokuchasene ne-ISIS, kubandakanya uhlaselo lwe-US Cyber Command ngokuchasene nonxibelelwano lukarhulumente wamaSilamsi, kumzamo wokuphazamisa imisebenzi yabo zombini i-kinetic kunye ne-intanethi. Kananjalo iinzame zePentagon zokucima i-Islamic State's online antics zikhawulelwe kwi-Intanethi. Nge-Agasti ka-2015, kuqhutywa idrone eRaqqa, inqaba ye-ISIS yaseSyria, yabulawa UJunaid Hussain , oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala wase-jihadist waseBritani onemvelaphi yasePakistan owayengoyena mgulukudu waziwa liqela.
Nangona kunjalo, bekukho ukuhlebeza ukuba iCyber Caliphate ayisiyiyo le nto ithi iyiyo. Ubukrelekrele baseFrance buhlolisise iqela ngokusondeleyo emva kohlaselo lweTV5Monde kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba abahlaseli babandakanyeka ngokwenene ayinanto yakwenza noRhulumente wamaSilamsi . Endaweni yoko, babengamalungu eqela lokuqhekeza elaziwa ukuba lidibene ne-Kremlin, ngakumbi i-APT 28, iqela elidumileyo eliyingalo eyimfihlo yaseMoscow, ngokweengcali zezokhuseleko zaseNtshona. Ngamanye amagama, iCyber Caliphate ngumsebenzi wobukrelekrele waseRussia osebenza ngendlela iintlola ezibiza ngayo.
ICyber Caliphate kukusebenza kweflegi engeyonyani yaseRussia- iinkonzo zobukrelekrelebazenza abagrogrisiukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yabo.
Iiarhente eziyimfihlo zase-US, kubandakanya i-Arhente yoKhuseleko kaZwelonke, elawula ubuchwephesha baseMelika kwaye isebenza ngokusondeleyo neCYBERCOM, bafikelela kwizigqibo ezifanayo. I-APT 28 bubukrelekrele baseRussia, ilula, ichaze ingcali ye-NSA kum kutshanje. Yiyo ke loo nto ingxelo yokhuseleko yeSebe eliphakathi lika-2015 ukuba, ngelixa bevavanya abahlaseli be-jihadist njengesoyikiso esothusayo, nangona kunjalo wagqiba , Nangona iCyber Caliphate ibhengeza ukuxhasa [i-Islamic State], akukho zimpawu-zobuchwephesha okanye ngenye indlela-ukuba amaqela abotshiwe.
Le ibe ngumbono wokuvumelana phakathi kweenkonzo zobuntlola zaseNtshona ezivavanye ngokusondeleyo iinzame zokukreqa ze-ISIS. Isuka kwimagazini yeendaba Isibuko siyafunda ngoku ukuba iinkonzo zobuntlola zaseJamani nazo zigqibe kwelokuba iCyber Caliphate yinto eyimfihlo yaseRussia. Ubukrelekrele baseJamani buvavanya ukuba i-Kremlin inabaphangi abangama-4,000 kuluhlu lwabarhwebi bee-arhente zayo zokhuseleko, kubandakanya ne-General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate okanye i-GRU, i-Foreign Intelligence Service okanye i-SVR, kunye ne-Federal Security Service okanye i-FSB. Ngokudibeneyo, lo ngumkhosi we-cyber owoyikekayo osebenza kwimida kunye nokusika ukuhlasela umdla waseNtshona.
Ngamanye amagama, iCyber Caliphate sisenzo seflegi sobuxoki saseRussia. Nangona eli xesha lilayishiwe liye laxuthwa ngabathwali beminqwazi ye-tinfoil kunye neewebhusayithi ezinemiphetho, kubandakanya neempambano ezicinga ngokudubula ezikolweni okwenzakalisayo akwenzekanga, yindlela esemthethweni egqibeleleyo yobunhloli yeediliya ezihloniphekileyo. Ii-arhente zokuhlola zihlala zizenza njengabantu besithathu ngeenjongo zokusebenza njengokugaya iarhente kunye nesenzo sokufihla. Iinkonzo zobukrelekrele ezingathandekiyo ziya kuthi bazenza abagrogrisi ukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yabo.
Akukho mntu unobuchule ngakumbi kwesi senzo sokuziphatha kakubi kunabantu baseRussia, abebesebenzisa iiflegi zobuxoki emsebenzini wabo wobuntloli ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane. Ewe, i-Kremlin, le ndawo iqhelekileyo iyinto ephambili kwinto abayibizayo ukucaphukisa ( ukucaphukisa NgesiRashiya), okuthetha ukusetyenziswa kweentlola kunye neearhente zazo ukwenza ifuthe lezopolitiko eliyimfihlo eluncedo eMoscow kunye nokwenzakalisa iintshaba zeMoscow.
Uluvo lokuba uVladimir Putin ugunyazise iiarhente zakhe zobukrelekrele ukuba ziye kumlo we-cyber ngokuchasene neNtshona phantsi kwengubo ye-ISIS ayothusi nakubani na owazisiweyo malunga nobuchwephesha bobuchwephesha baseRussia obude, into ekubhekiswa kuyo njenge konspiratsiya (ewe, iyelenqe). Ukuphela kwento entsha apha yinkalo ye-Intanethi. Yonke enye into ibonakalisa inkulungwane yezifundo ezifundiweyo kwi-Kremlin spy work. Olu luhlobo lwezinto ezifihlakeleyo uPutin waqeqeshwa kuzo kwaye eneneni wenza njengegosa leKGB. Kwaye akukho magosa ezobuntlola ‘zangaphambili’, njengoko watsho umongameli waseRussia.
Oku kunefuthe elingaphaya kwe-Islamic State. Iindaba kule veki ukuba abahlaseli abadibeneyo baseRussia baphange iWashington, DC, kubandakanya nokuhlasela iKomiti yeSizwe yeDemokhrasi kunye nephulo likaHillary Clinton, akufuneki kumangalise. Phakathi kwezinto ezibiweyo ezivela kwi-DNC zibandakanya uphando oluphikisayo kuDonald Trump, umongameli otyunjiweyo wobongameli.
IMelika ayikhathalelangaubukrelekrele ixesha elideukuba sivumele ubukrelekrele baseRussia bungangeni entliziyweni kungekuphela kweenkonzo zethu zokhuseleko kodwa kwidemokhrasi yethu uqobo.
Ngoku siyafunda ukuba le mizamo yokuqhekeza iKremlin yandisa kude ngaphaya kwe-DNC. Iithagethi kuhlaselo lwakutsha nje lwaseRussia lubandakanya uninzi lweetanki zokucinga, iifemu zomthetho, ii-lobbyists kunye nabacebisi. Kwakukho neeakhawunti ezimalunga ne-4,000 zikaGoogle ezijolise kumkhankaso wobuqhetseba wokweba ulwazi lomntu kunye nelungelo. Kucacile ukuba oku kulungelelanisa ukujolisa okujolise entliziyweni yelikomkhulu lesizwe sethu kubambe ulwazi oluninzi lwangaphakathi malunga neqela lezopolitiko laseMelika elinokubaluleka kakhulu kuyo nayiphi na inkonzo yezobuntlola yamanye amazwe.
Ngaphakathi ulwazi malunga nendlela ezisebenza ngayo ezopolitiko zaseMelika-kubandakanya imicimbi eyimfihlo phakathi kwezopolitiko, i-lobbyists, amagqwetha, kunye nabacebisi-ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuba yinto uPutin afuna ukuyazi njengoko urhulumente wakhe efuna ukuqonda nokuphembelela abantu bethu bezopolitiko, kubandakanya nabani na onyulwe ukuba ngumongameli wethu olandelayo .
IMelika ayikhathalelanga ubukrelekrele ixesha elide ukuba sivumele ubukrelekrele baseRussia bungangeni entliziyweni kungekuphela kweenkonzo zethu zokhuseleko kodwa kwidemokhrasi yethu uqobo. Bencediswa lulwazi oluyimfihlo oluphezulu olubiwe lundwendwe lwabo u-Edward Snowden ovela kwi-NSA malunga nendlela ezisebenza ngayo i-cybersecurity yase-US, iintlola zaseKremlin ngoku zitya nantoni na eziyithandayo eWashington.
Ndakhe ndachaza ngaphambilikule kholamuindlela ii-shenanigans ze-imeyile zikaHillary Clinton ezizincede ngayo iintshaba zethu, kubandakanya iRussia, ngelixa zisenzakalisa ukhuseleko lwethu lwesizwe. Ngoku kuyacaca ukuba inkqubo yethu yezopolitiko ingeniswe phezulu ukuya ezantsi ziintlola zaseRussia. Nabani na ongena kwiNdlu eNtshonalanga ngoJanuwari uza kujongana nokuphuma kwindawo yezokhuseleko engalinganiyo, iKremlin ibambe isandla ngaphezulu kwibhodi.
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UJohn Schindler yingcali yezokhuseleko kunye nowayesakuba ngumhlalutyi weArhente yoKhuseleko kuZwelonke kunye negosa lobukrelekrele. Ingcali kwezobuntlola kunye nobunqolobi, ukwaligosa lomkhosi wamanzi kunye nenjingalwazi yeWar College. Upapashe iincwadi ezine kwaye uku-Twitter ku @ 20committee.
