Cyber Warfare

Cyber warfare was originally defined by professional Richard Clarke as “actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation’s computers or networks for the purpose of causing damage or disruption.” Technology is important around us; their destruction is ultimately considered warfare.
 

The world we live in is known to be a world of mass global threats.

“Squishy Part”

The impact the internet genuinely has on the world around us is noticeably significant. The internet influences our daily life and the majority of people have some sort of interaction with it everyday. An important statement that often is created when discussing interactions with the internet is that just because we have the devices allowing us to embrace technology at current, it does not necessarily mean we will always have them.

Many things can happen to stop the internet, authorities and governments have power to shut devices down. An example of this action taking place was when establishments in Egypt shut down the internet, refusing access to everyone in the country. I mentioned this situation in my previous post; additionally it reinforces the issues that regardless of how popular the internet is, it seems there still is power that can stop it.

In modern times battlefields tend to use digital devices whilst fighting the opposition, before we know it humans will not be needed there. With this in mind, it is rightly questioned that, does this even make it a battlefield? The original image of a battlefield is soon to be abolished and will formally be replaced with the idea of the hacking of digital devices to fight against the resistance.

“Operation Orchard”

Cyber warfare can lead to kinetic warfare and further examples of this took place on September the 6^th in 2009. The Israeli air force’s jet attacked and destroyed a Syrian nuclear facility. No personal attack was actually made on the event and it didn’t turn into a battlefield. Technology controlled the situation and the victims were attacked through a hacking situation. The event was a strong act of warfare.

After researching into acts of warfare, it seems the more digitally enhanced the country, the more prone the country is to different digital attacks. The country becomes more vulnerable and fragile due to their interactions with different digital devices. Individual attacks on different countries does not require much confidence, but purely just an in depth knowledge on the devices. Countries with more international bandwidth require more protection as they are in great danger of digital warfare attacks. It is now national policy to develop offensive warfare systems to protect different countries.

“The Wire”

It seems to be that everything connected to the internet is prone to continuous problems, so therefore why are the majority of devices connected to the internet? People tend to assume that the technology is a great thing, but through my post I hope I have highlighted different aspects that emphasise that this isn’t always the case. I do not believe we should get rid of technology at all, in fact far from it, but I do believe we need an adequate and sophisticated response to warfare issues.