War is raging in Crimea. It is marked by all characteristics we have come to expect of modern warfare. Irregular troops, in and out of uniform, conducting operations in urban centers, supported by technology, televised all over the world in full HD. On top, is waged a layer of what we’ve come to know as cyberwar. A relatively new domain of warfare, its tactics are more likely to be borrowed from the hacker community than from militaries of old. The theft and manipulation of information trump destroying targets.
What’s most interesting, however, has less to do with how, and much more to do with who is fighting this cyberwar.
Not Governments
Crimea’s cyberwar is not one between two nation-states.
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Politics is war by other methods.....hacking is just another tool used in the pursuit of non martial warfare. However ALL methodology's cease to be relevant when physical force is unleashed. Hackers and cyberwarfare can and will be factors but as always the ultimate victory belongs to those who can physically impose their wishes by means of violence upon others. Ir's always been this way, it will always be this way.
ReplyDeletethe ultimate victory belongs to those who can physically impose their wishes by means of violence upon others.
DeleteAgreed.