Impact of cyberwarfare
Today, most of us think of a cyberattack as when a website, database, or server is attacked or taken control of by cybercriminals. That is not the whole story, as seen in the previous examples of cyberattacks I shared, which showed how their impact can range from restricting a nuclear program to affecting a company’s ability to sell oil to consumers at gas stations.
A camera in an elevator, a smart TV in a hotel lobby, and some temperature-monitoring equipment at the entrance to a building all are connected to the internet. They are all susceptible to cyberattacks and capable of participating in cyberattacks.
Contemporary cyberwarfare is the use of any and every form of digital attack on your enemy. Gartner predicts that by 2025, cyberattacks will have weaponized operational technology to harm or kill humans (read about the study here: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-07-21-gartner-predicts-by-2025-cyber-attackers-will-have...