Nobody’s shutting down cyberwar any more than they’re trying to shut down cybercrime. In this chaotic, corrupt environment there are absolutely no fixes in place. Cyberwar is a much bigger form, with perhaps thousands of actors. Every case has multiple actors with their own goals. How did they know how to do that? In cybercrime, the simplest view is usually wrong. The US infrastructure hack didn’t even try to use malware, for example. One way of describing cyberwar and cybercrime is “automated corruption”. You’ll never hear a word about any of these cases, but they’re also a mix of cyberwar and cybercrime. If you thought Wikileaks or Snowden were damaging, just think about what targeted information leaks about individuals and corporations can do.That’s a lot of directly related pushback against law enforcement and cracking down on cybercrimes. Money launderers like to protect their revenue. Cybercrime and cyberwarfare are closely related.There are peripheral industries, like hardware and software, also profiting.It’s dangerous to both hackers and those hacked.The Australian Taxation Office alone recorded 3 million hacks per month last year. All government agencies, particularly revenue agencies, are attacked constantly by both cyberwar and cybercrime actors.Espionage “entrepreneurs” must be doing quite well, based on the profiles of what’s being attacked. You can make money out of it, selling information. Cyberwarfare is a militarized form of cybercrime in practice.To add some complexity, cyber warfare is more than just hacks and espionage. Like most good ideas, anti-globalists, deregulation kooks, and prehistoric nationalist basket cases will be against it. Ukraine wants a “ Cyber United Nations” which could at least start up a working legal framework. International law hasn’t even tried to catch up. It’s not a safe situation for anyone on Earth. The core issue is that all global information is at risk 24/7/365. Not much has changed since the 1990s.Ĭyberwarfare and counter-cyberwarfare are increasingly glaring hazards to global communications. China says the US is the “Empire of Hacking”. The US says Chinese agents hacked US infrastructure. The current situation with China and the US underlines the sheer scope of cyberwarfare. There’s the occasional lone wolf and/or nut job, too. There are criminal networks that can act for countries and do some business for themselves while they’re at it. There are state actors and “agents” of nations. The latest spat with China and the US is just the lead story in an equally stinking global cyber mess. If there is anything guaranteed to generate global hostility, it’s cyberwarfare. © AFP/File Noel CelisĬyberwarfare is one of the most likely causes of global war. Hacks have increased through the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
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