Frequently Asked Questions on Cyberwarfare
What motivates cyberwarfare?
Financial gain is often the driving force for most cybercriminals. While there are political and ideological reasons for both hacktivism and terrorism, there are also reasons related to espionage and combat.
How is cyber warfare being used?
Viruses and worms are examples of malware that create large power outages and may bring down public utilities.
What are the consequences of cyber warfare?
Damage to private information, financial losses, and disruptions to vital infrastructure alike transportation and communication networks are all possible outcomes of cyberwars.
Is cyber warfare a threat?
Every cyberattack, regardless of size, poses a risk to the security of our country and has to be located, dealt with, and eliminated.
What is Cyberwarfare?
Cyberwarfare causes equivalent harm to real warfare and breaks important computer systems. Some planned effects could be espionage. A country or organization’s employment of computer viruses or denial-of-service attacks to target a country’s or institution’s computer network systems to interfere with, damage, or destroy infrastructure is known as cyber warfare.
Vital infrastructure like financial markets, military databases, national power grids, and cyber warfare attacks can destabilize a nation. This damage may result in the failure of major computer systems.