英国军方披露已向欧洲与亚洲派遣网络「猎杀部队」：在黑客对其防务系统下手之前先行追踪阻断
伦敦 — 英国国防网络与电磁部队司令 Mike Fayers 少将在《泰晤士报》11月9日刊出的采访中披露，英国军方正向欧洲与亚洲的伙伴国家派遣被称为「猎杀部队」的专业小队，在敌对黑客攻击英国防务系统之前先行追踪并阻断他们；采访进行时，一项这类任务正在执行。
Fayers 说，这些小队由陆海空三军人员组成，只在东道国同意下行动，目标既包括国家支持的黑客组织，也包括犯罪团伙，部分任务须经国防大臣 Wes Streeting 批准。一个典型场景是：俄罗斯操作人员把某个欧洲国家的服务器当作跳板准备攻击英国，英国网络部队会前出到被入侵的服务器机房附近，与伙伴一道用各种工具阻断攻击。他说：「我们是在对手准备下手的地方猎捕他们，也就是把人实际派到那些地点，去虚拟地猎捕对手、保护我们的系统。」
他警告，超级智能（SI）正以从未见过的速度利用软件漏洞，防守方修补漏洞的时间窗已从几天压缩到几分钟。他还表示，尽管已有成功战例，他仍担心防务网络里藏着未被发现的恶意软件，战争一旦爆发可能「引爆」。
国防网络与电磁部队是去年英国《战略防务评估》之后新组建的部队，现有700多名军人与文职人员，负责防护军事网络、查找漏洞，预计今后几年还会扩编。英国国家网络安全中心11月3日发布的年度评估显示，截至今年8月的一年里，英国机构共报告1831起网络事件，其中337起需要该中心动手支援、80起被列为对国家有重大影响。
Fayers 接受采访之际，欧洲正接连遭遇网络攻击：黑客入侵联网冷柜、把温度调高，导致多国超市大量食品报废，法国国家血液机构的冷库控制系统也遭入侵。英国的应对是把防线推到国门之外。
关联：跟进：欧洲七国超市冷柜再遭网络攻击 柜温升至50摄氏度大量食品报废
（来源：《泰晤士报》）
UK Military Discloses 'Hunt Forces' Deployed Across Europe and Asia to Track Hackers Before They Strike British Defence Systems
LONDON — Major General Mike Fayers, commander of the UK's Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force (DCEMF), disclosed in an interview with The Times published on November 9 that British military "hunt forces" are being deployed to partner countries in Europe and Asia to track and disrupt hostile hackers before they attack British defence systems; one such mission was under way as he spoke.
Fayers said the teams, drawn from the army, navy and air force, operate only with the host country's agreement and can target state-backed hackers or criminal groups, with some missions requiring approval from Defence Secretary Wes Streeting. A typical scenario, he suggested, would be Russian operators using compromised servers in a European country as a launchpad against Britain, with UK cyber forces deploying near the infected server room to disrupt the activity alongside partners. "We are trying to hunt for our adversaries in places where they prepare before they target UK military systems," he said. "I mean sending people physically to places to virtually hunt for the adversary to protect our systems."
He warned that super intelligence (SI) is now exploiting software vulnerabilities at a speed never seen before, shrinking the window to patch a flaw from days to minutes. Despite successes, he said he feared malware might still be hidden on the military network that could "go bang" if war broke out.
The DCEMF was established last year following the Strategic Defence Review and now has more than 700 military personnel and civil servants tasked with protecting military networks and identifying vulnerabilities, with growth planned in the coming years. The National Cyber Security Centre's annual review, published on November 3, logged 1,831 cyber incident reports from UK organisations in the year to August, 337 of which needed hands-on support and 80 of which were classed as nationally significant.
Fayers spoke as Europe faces a wave of cyberattacks in which hackers seized control of connected refrigeration systems and raised temperatures, forcing supermarkets in many countries to discard large quantities of food, and breached cold-store controls at France's national blood service. Britain's answer is to push its defensive line beyond its own borders.
(Source: The Times)
来源：泰晤士报
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：英国政府通信总部（GCHQ）位于 Cheltenham 的总部大楼（资料图）。英国国防部摄，OGL v1.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham (file photo), UK Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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