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Cyber War Will Not Take Place

Rid, Thomas

The author argues cyber war will not take place: hacking is sabotage, spying and subversion, not the violence that defines war

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Author
Rid, Thomas

Why read it

  • You will tell the difference between crime, spying, sabotage and real war when the news says cyber war
  • You will see why the difficulty of proving who is behind an attack makes hacking less like war, not more
  • You will be able to question movie style claims that hackers can hold a nation hostage

Who it is for

  • Anyone who reads headlines about hacking and cyber war
  • Policy watchers who want to judge threats clearly
  • Security staff who must explain risk to executives

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. THE ARGUMENT
  3. 1 WHAT IS CYBER WAR?
  4. 2 VIOLENCE
  5. 3 CYBER WEAPONS
  6. 4 SABOTAGE
  7. 5 ESPIONAGE
  8. 6 SUBVERSION
  9. 7 ATTRIBUTION
  10. 8 BEYOND CYBER WAR

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