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Threat of Cyberwar Is Over-Hyped

Posted by Soulskill on from the let's-stick-to-normal-levels-of-hype dept.

nk497 writes "A new OECD report suggests the cyberwar threat is over-hyped. A pair of British researchers have said states are only likely to use cyberattacks against other states when already involved in military action against them, and that sub-state actors such as terrorists and individual hackers can't really do much damage. Dr. Ian Brown said, 'We think that describing things like online fraud and hacktivism as cyberwar is very misleading.'"

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  1. It's about control not reality by commodore64_love · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's no real threat of cyberwar. And there's no real threat of me being blown by an airplane terrorist. But that's completely irrelevant for government leaders desiring to control everything within their sight.

    So enjoy your slef-portrait porn, scanner-induced skin cancer, your breast/penis fondling by the SA, and the eventual limitations placed upon the internet/free speech. It's inevitable.

    --
    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall