It turns out that "Skynet" with the same name as the movie "Terminator" is actually being operated

ByGarry Knight

movies"TerminatorIf you have ever seen "Skynet (Skynet)Although there must be familiar with the name "name", it became clear that the system of the same name is actually operated by the agency of the US government.

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"Skynet", whose existence was revealed this time, is a system that identifies those who are suspected of being terrorists based on the location information of the mobile phone and the call record, and former NSA official Mr. Edward SnowdenPublished materials(PDF file)The InterceptThe thing which clarified.US National Security Agency(NSA) has been involved in the operation has become a reality.

Appeared in the movie "SkynetWas drawn as an existence to kill humanity as an enemy who has an ego and threaten its own existence but Skyset by NSA is mainly based on the Islamic fundamentalist terror organization "Al Qaeda"It seems that it was used to identify terrorists related to" Terminals having a specific behavior pattern are determined from a huge number of call logs by using metadata such as the location information of the mobile phone's terminal and the call history and the like. For example, "a city in Pakistan a month ago People who moved from Peshawar to Faisalabad or Lahore "," People who called on arrival ", and" SIM cards replaced with SIM cards "can also be used as suspicious behavior" and were used as incoming call only It was possible to specify such as "terminal".


Although it is said that it can be said that security value is high in order to narrow down suspects of terrorists, "Skynet", on the other hand, there is a problem that a person who is supposed to be unrelated is suspected as a suspect. One of the terrorist suspects was Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, who served as Islamabad Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera. Zydan bureau director has so farOsama Bin LadenIt was successful in an exclusive interview with Al Qaeda leader including.


The purpose of "SkyNet" is to identify the persons in contact with the upper part of al Qaeda, and for that purpose, by analyzing the movement pattern to a specific area at a certain time and the specific behavior, terrorist suspects It may be said that it is certainly a reasonable way in terms of security in terms of security (even though it has privacy concerns) to wash away. However, on the other hand, this is a problem in that it is a risk of seeing someone like Mr. Zidane who is putting on a close relationship with terrorists as a journalist as a "terrorist".

The named Xidan branch director has announced a comment that completely denies the suspicion that it was imposed on himself that it is "absolutely not" that he is a terrorist. Also, Peter Bergen, a CNN investigator and familiar with Zi Dang, commented on The Intercept that "he is famous for over 10 years, he is a preeminent journalist." .

Cyber ​​Defense · Counterattack System "MonsterMind"
As mentioned above, the actual Skynet did not involve actual attacks, but as with movies, it has a mechanism of defense / attack "Monster MindThe existence of a system called "Meanwhile it is clear.

This is a mechanism that investigates the possibility of a cyber attack done against the United States and has a mechanism to automatically defend and defeat the cyber attack when an actual attack is done, He also said that he has the ability to attack. Furthermore, in the future it is pointed out that the possibility of attacking the other party physically is pointed out, and it seems like a thriller as a concept that imagines a defense / attack system with a computer like a movie.

BySteve