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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Inside Cyberwar and the Syrian Electronic Army [Watch (HLS stream): Inside Cyberwar and the Syrian Electronic Army](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/t5aFiA2z.m3u8) (2:30)  _Published 2013-09-06. 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That means this hack could cause gas pipes and water tanks to explode or overflow. It could also represent modern- day warfare taking down major infrastructure by infiltrating the code that makes it run. >> You can definitely cripple an entire country through cyber means and tacking infrastructure. >> Kennedy say that, if there's a conflict with Syria, Damascus could respond in cyberspace. >> They have some very big allies that have a lot of decent capabilities out there such as Iran and Russia. They're definitely capable of launching, you know, some sort of cyber capability towards us in the United States. >> With this hack, researchers from security consultancy firm, Simation, took control of signals to change what an operator sees. To highlight the vulnerabilities, they recently presented their findings publicly. >> And as thing is actually filling, we can make it look to the operator that our process is actually lowering. >> Hackers could do it because the unit is connected to the internet with a public IP address. So are other parts of America's infrastructure that are remotely controlled like trains and water towers. >> They don't have any security controls in place. >> How does this manifest itself into the lives of everyday people? >> It could mean that a train runs off the tracks and causes a huge accident. There's lots of kind of unpredictable things that could happen because these systems are in a lot of different areas and a lot of different industries. >> And the United States is already on the defensive after a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army took responsibility for disrupting web traffic on major news sites like the New York Times. >> No one's gonna be able to challenge the military from a, you know, pure boots on ground or, you know, actual straight, you know, warfare to warfare type situation. But what countries can do is really impact us from a more of information side of the house. So, what we do electronically. >> No surprise in Washington. Billions of dollars are committed to combat the growing cyber threat. 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