Reportedly, Russia interfered in American elections through its attacks on the Democratic National Committee, a fact vigorously denied by Russian authorities. The use of cyberspace as a tool of war has changed the nature of conventional warfare. This not only poses problems in terms of how to respond to those threats but also how to develop agreements among countries to curtail its use.
In his book Cyber War, Richard A Clarke, former counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council, defined “cyber warfare” as “actions by a nation state to penetrate another nation’s computers or networks for the purpose of causing damage …read more
Source: Gulf times
