Ibhalwe nguDavid Wright, Union of Scientific Concerned, Mashi 15, i-2017.
In the March 2017 ukukhishwa kwe Isayensi yaseMelika, ibhodi labahleli licela i-United States ukuthi isuse imicibisholo yayo yenuzi ekuxwayiseni kwe-hair-trigger njengendlela yokunciphisa ingozi yokwethulwa kwezikhali zenuzi ngephutha noma ngephutha.
Izikhulu zokwethulwa kweMinuteman esikhungweni sokuyala esingaphansi komhlaba (Umthombo: US Air Force)
Ijoyina amabhodi wokuhlela we New York Times futhi Washington Post, phakathi kokunye, ekusekeleni lesi sinyathelo.
Kokubili i-United States neRussia zigcina izikhali zenuzi ezingaba ngu-900 zisexwayisile, zilungele ukwethulwa emizuzwini embalwa. Uma iziphuphutheki nama-radar ethumela isixwayiso ngokuhlasela okuzayo, umgomo uwukukwazi ukudubula imicibisholo yawo ngokushesha—ngaphambi kokuba ama-warheads ahlaselayo ahlale.
Kodwa amasistimu wokuxwayisa awawona amaphutha. I Isayensi yaseMelika abahleli bakhombe ezinye ze amacala omhlaba wangempela esixwayiso samanga yokuhlasela kwezikhali zenuzi—kokubili eSoviet Union/Russia nase-United States—okuholele emazweni aqala ukwenza amalungiselelo okuqalisa futhi andisa ingozi yokuthi kusetshenziswe izikhali zenuzi.
Le ngozi ikhuliswa umugqa wesikhathi omfushane kakhulu wokuphendula leso sixwayiso. Izikhulu zezempi zizoba nemizuzu nje yokunquma ukuthi isexwayiso esivezwa ezikrinini zamakhompyutha siyiqiniso yini. Izikhulu zezokuvikela zaziyokwenza lokho mhlawumbe umzuzu ukwazisa umengameli ngalesi simo. Umengameli ubezoba nemizuzu nje yokunquma ukuthi uzokwethula yini.
Owabe UNobhala Wezokuvikela uWilliam Perry uxwayise muva nje ukuthi imicibisholo ecitshwayo esekelwe emhlabeni kulula kakhulu ukuyivula ngolwazi olubi.
Ukuthatha imicibisholo ecisha isixwayiso se-hair-trigger kanye nokususa izinketho ongaziqalisa ngesexwayiso kuzoqeda le ngozi.
Izinsongo ze-Cyber
Abahleli baphinde baqaphele isethi eyengeziwe yokukhathazeka efuna ukususa imicibisholo esixwayisini sokuqhumisa izinwele:
Isidingo sezinyathelo ezingcono zokuvikela naso sesibe sibi kakhulu ngenxa yobuchwepheshe be-cybertechnologies obuyinkimbinkimbi obungakwazi, ngokombono, ukungena ohlelweni lokuyaleza nokulawula ukudubula umcibisholo osulungele ukuqalisa.
Le ngozi yagqanyiswa ku- ikhishwe ku-New York Times izolo nguBruce Blair, owayeyisikhulu sokwethulwa kwemicibisholo osechithe umsebenzi wakhe efunda umyalo nokulawula amabutho enuzi ase-US nawaseRussia.
Ukhomba izehlakalo ezimbili eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule lapho ubungozi bokuhlaselwa kwe-cyberattack kwatholwa emicibisholo ecitshwayo yase-US nasolwandle. Futhi uxwayisa ngemithombo emibili okungenzeka ibe sengozini ku-inthanethi esele nanamuhla. Enye indlela yokuthi othile angangena “kumashumi ezinkulungwane zamamayela ekhebula engaphansi komhlaba kanye nezimpondo ezisekelayo zerediyo ezisetshenziselwa ukwethula imicibisholo eyi-Minuteman.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi uthi:
Asinakho ukulawula okwanele phezu kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngezingxenye zenuzi—kusuka ekwakhiweni kuya ekwenziweni kuya ekulungisweni. Sithola okuningi kwezingxenyekazi zethu zekhompuyutha kanye nesofthiwe ngaphandle kweshalofu emithonjeni yezentengiso okungenzeka ukuthi itheleleke nge-malware. Noma kunjalo siwasebenzisa njalo kumanethiwekhi abalulekile. Lokhu kuvikeleka okuxekethile kumema umzamo wokuhlasela onemiphumela eyinhlekelele.
A Umbiko we-2015 usihlalo wayo uGeneral James Cartwright, owayengumkhuzi we-US Strategic Command, wakubeka ngale ndlela:
Kwezinye izimo isimo sasingcono ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi kunanamuhla. Ukuba sengozini ekuhlaselweni ku-inthanethi, isibonelo, ikhadi elisha lasendle elisesitezini. … Lokhu kukhathazeka kuyisizathu esanele sokususa imicibisholo yenuzi esixwayisweni esilungele ukuqalisa.
Isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo
Ngisho noNobhala wamanje Wezokuvikela uJames Mattis, ekwethuleni ubufakazi kuSenate Armed Services Committee eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, yaphakamisa udaba lokuqeda imicibisholo yase-US yasemhlabeni ukuze kwehliswe ingozi yokwethulwa ngephutha, ethi:
Ingabe yisikhathi sokunciphisa i-Triad kuya ku-Diad, ukususa imicibisholo esekwe emhlabeni? Lokhu kuzonciphisa ingozi ye-alamu yamanga.
Ukuphatha kukaTrump kungenzeka kungakalungeli ukuqeda imicibisholo ecitshwayo esekelwe emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke ingasusa le micibisholo esimeni sayo samanje sokucupha izinwele.
Ukuthatha leso sinyathelo esisodwa kuzonciphisa kakhulu ingozi yenuzi emphakathini wase-US, kanye nomhlaba.
