#cyberwarfare

#cyberwarfare

Entering the cyber world is stepping into a warzone. Cyber is considered a war zone, and what happens there is described as cyberwar. But it's not that simple. War is conducted by nations (political), not undertaken by criminals (financial). Both are increasing in this war zone we call cyber, but the political threat is growing fast. Cyberwar is a complex subject, and a formal definition is difficult.

Knight, who has over 25 years of experience in online security, revealed these have likely already begun, and warned people need to be extra vigilant as tensions rise. He admitted America has a huge advantage over Venezuela with its capabilities, and is understood to already be hitting assets like air defenses and security apparatus. But he warned hackers could unleash a wave of phishing links, fake emails and false profiles to impact ordinary Americans.

The goal of the war game, conducted 130 miles from the Russian border in Estonia, was to test the alliance's readiness for a rolling enemy assault on civilian and military digital infrastructure. It involved hundreds of multinational troops, representing 29 Nato nations and seven allies, including Ukraine, hunkered down in CyberRange14, a facility established by the Estonian ministry of defence in the wake of a crippling Russian cyber attack in 2007, where Nato has run preparedness exercises since 2014.

"We just showed the world: You don't want to mess with us kinetically... But we are wide open digitally. We are like Swiss cheese."