Conflict and Warfare in the Digital Age

"Cyber attacks are already upon us but the rules of digital warfare have yet to be agreed upon"

It is hard to define the term "hacker" because a hacker can be someone who is an expert at modifying technical problems and a hacker can also be someone who digitally intrudes. 

The government is having trouble trying to solve cyber attacks, because a "cyber-war" is just coming around the corning because problems are already starting to set out. 

US Senator Robert Menendez is introducing a bill to the US Congress so it can be able to report cyber attacks on Nasdaq OMX Group and both oil and gas companies. He would like to do this so they can start "strengthening cybersecurity".

Most of our infrastructures rely on computer technology to function and if a failure is caused by a malicious attack of a hacker many lives could be at threat, not only the internet. 

There are many technologies out there that the public does not know about. These technologies that exist are able to do powerful things, like controlling a GPS device in someones car, giving them the possibility to give you wrong directions or potentially setting it on fire. 

"There is no clear, internationally agreed upon definition of what would constitute a cyber-war," said a report released at the Munich Security Conference by think tank The EastWest Institute.

It is hard to track down where the attacks are coming from and it is difficult to aim at one organization or country. 


There is conflict and warfare in the digital age, but it is hard to figure out how to control it.

The internet was designed without country borders but now we are trying to separate the internet because of the conflict that is bringing to us. The problem is not only hurting the internet but it could also be damaging the lives of citizens.