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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: opposition technology and its vulnerability to pro-regime attacks
  • Libyan internet connectivity before the revolution
  • The net goes dark
  • Tech that turned the net back on
  • The public face of a networked opposition
  • Out of the public eye: decentralized communications of a networked opposition
  • Inherent risks: monitoring and attacks
  • Conclusion: asymmetries of risk
  • Annexes.