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ARTICLE · 29 JANUARY 2015

Cyber War

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Cyber war in simple term means the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization by disabling financial and organizational systems...

IndiaGovernment, Public Sector
Himanshu Sharma
Himanshu Sharma
Pallavi Dhok
Pallavi Dhok
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Introduction:

Cyber war in simple term means the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization by disabling financial and organizational systems through stealing or altering classified data to undermine networks, websites and services via the Internet through computer viruses, Denial-of-Service attacks, etc. Cyber war is a virtual conflict initiated as a political attack on the enemy's computer and information system and also known as 'Cyber Warfare'.

Cyber war is often confused with the term "Cyber Crime". There is no doubt indeed that all acts of cyber war are cyber crimes, but not all acts of cyber crime can be termed as cyber war. In order to understand what Cyber War exactly means, let's take an example, when a person from country A conducts a targeted attack against several companies in country B, does it count as cyber war, or cybercrime? The answer depends on "intent". If the attack is politically motivated, an act that

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