Cyberwar 2009: USA – Part Null
Alternative Title: "Just because it involves computers does not mean it’s a cyberwar"
While Reuters crowned these, events of the last week, as a "cyberwar", and reported that South Korean government accused the North (DPRK) of engaging in hostile activities, I do not believe in this being a Cyberwar.
Let’s take a closer look:
- The attacking code was woefully simple – and not sophisticated.
- The attacking technology, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack was The Simplest – no active attempts at true "Hacking", no attempts to hide the sources.
- Once started, we did not see an attempt to "reinforce" it towards the 70% of systems/networks it was "aimed" at which did not fail.
- And the final point, which unlike the points above is not technical – there was no retaliation.
So:
Cyber-attack – Sure. Cyberwar – No.
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