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Cyberwarfare

Cyberwarfare is the use of cyberattacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to traditional warfare. Some intended outcomes could be espionage, sabotage, propaganda, manipulation, or economic warfare.

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Definition

Types of warfare

Motivations

Preparedness

Cyber mercenary

Cyberpeace

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Cyber counterintelligence

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Cyberwarfare

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Edges341
Triples84
Avg. degree1.99
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Cyberwarfare

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related to Cyber counterintelligence · 25
Cyberwarfare → April, CCD CoE, Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre, Cyber, Defense, Department, Estonia, Excellence, February, Federal, In, International Military Organization, Investigation, May, NATO, October, On, Since Estonia, Tallinn, The
related to Cyberwarfare and cyber sanctions · 11
Cyberwarfare → EO, Executive Orders, For, In, Iran Cyber Sanctions Act, Obama, Sometimes, Subsequent US, The US Congress, Two Executive Orders, United States
related to Cyberwarfare vs. cyber war · 10
Cyberwarfare → For, Hormuz, Instead, Iranian, June, Strait, The, To, United States, US
related to Hacktivism · 6
Cyberwarfare → Actors, Anonymous, Groups, Hacktivists, However, Politically
related to Non-profit research · 5
Cyberwarfare → But, Cincinnati, Kaspersky Security Lab, There, University
related to External links · 4
Cyberwarfare → Media, Wikibooks, Wikimedia CommonsThe Information Age, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Definition · 3
Cyberwarfare → Examples, There, While
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Cyberwarfare → combination of computer network attack and defense and special technical operations, use of cyberattacks against an enemy state

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Cyberwarfareis ause of cyberattacks against an enemy state0.90text
Cyberwarfareis acombination of computer network attack and defense and special technical operations0.90text
espionageinstance ofthreats0.80text
propagandainstance ofthreats0.80text
banksinstance ofPerpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers0.80text
credit card payment gatewaysinstance ofPerpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers0.80text
and even root nameserversinstance ofPerpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers0.80text
Russiainstance ofChief of the General Staff of the British Army stated that this kind of attack from actors0.80text
Microsoft Windowsinstance ofas well as other operating systems0.80text
macOSinstance ofas well as other operating systems0.80text
and Linux.In June 2019instance ofas well as other operating systems0.80text
The New York Times reported that American hackers from the United States Cyber Command planted malware potentially capable of disrupting the Russian electrical grid.The United States topped the world in terms of cyberwarfare intentinstance ofas well as other operating systems0.80text

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