Cyberwarfare

A Cyberwarfare is a warfare to penetrate another society's computers or networks for the purposes of causing datage or disruption.

• AKA: Cyber Warfare.
• Context:
  • It can be performed with Cyber Weapons.
  • It can lead to a Cyber War.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Military Warfare.
• See: Hacktivist, Penetration Test, Cyberwar.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cyberwarfare Retrieved:2016-10-1.
  • Cyberwarfare has been defined as "actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's computers or networks for the purposes of causing datage or disruption," but other definitions also include non-state actors, such as terrorist groups, companies, political or ideological extremist groups, hacktivists, and transnational criminal organizations. Some governments have made it an integral part of their overall military strategy, with some having invested heavily in cyberwarfare capability. Cyberwarfare is essentially a formalized version of penetration testing in which a government entity has established it as a warfighting capability. This capability uses the same set of penetration testing methodologies but applies them, in the case of United States doctrine, in a strategical way to * Prevent cyber attacks against America's critical infrastructure * Reduce national vulnerability to cyber attacks * Minimize damage and recovery time from cyber attacks Offensive operations are also part of these national level strategies for officially declared wars as well as undeclared secretive operations.

• http://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/9/28/12988040/tyler-cowen-technology-economics-artificial-intelligence-obama-game-of-thrones-kanye-west
  • QUOTE:
    SI: Do you think technology is outpacing our politics in dangerous, unpredictable ways?
    TC: Of course it is. And the last time technology outpaced politics, it ended in a very ugly manner, with two world wars. So I worry about that. You get new technologies. People try to use them for conquest and extortion. I've no predictions as to how that will play out, but I think there's at least a good chance that we will look back on this era of relative technological stagnancy and say, "Wasn't that wonderful?"

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