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Revolutionary risks : cyber technology and threats in the 2011 Libyan Revolution /

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"The 2011 Libyan revolution was marked by the intensive use of cyber technology. This case study reviews some of the roles that the technology played in the conflict, beginning with the Gaddafi regime's shutdown of the Internet. It highlights how the Libyan opposition reconnected itself an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott-Railton, John (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Newport, RI : Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups (CIWAG), US Naval War College, [2013]
Edition:Official U.S. Government edition.
Series:CIWAG case studies ; 14.
Subjects:
Libya > History > Civil War, 2011- > Technology.
Cyberterrorism > Libya.
Internet > Political aspects > Libya.
Cyberterrorism.
Internet > Political aspects.
Technology.
Libya.
2001
History.
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Summary:"The 2011 Libyan revolution was marked by the intensive use of cyber technology. This case study reviews some of the roles that the technology played in the conflict, beginning with the Gaddafi regime's shutdown of the Internet. It highlights how the Libyan opposition reconnected itself and how connectivity was leveraged for a wide range of strategic and tactical aims. It also describes how the opposition was attacked electronically, underlining the vulnerabilities inherent in using common online tools during a military conflict"--Page 15.
Item Description:Shipping list number: 2018-0332-P.
Series numbering from publisher's website, viewed September 24, 2018.
Physical Description:132 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132)
ISBN:9781935352549
1935352547
Access:"This work is cleared for public release; distribution is unlimited."