You know that every action has a reaction……every wrong needs to be set right….but what would it take for NATO to retaliate?
We have an agreement with all the signees of the NATO charter that we will protect in case of and attack….but how is the word “attack” defined that it would take retaliation?
I understand the ramifications if say Russia fires a missile at say Poland…..or a plane attacks a bridge…..but what about if there is a cyber attack (we call that a “hack”)?
NATO Secretary General has weighed in on the subject…..
Just days after NATO declared “cyberspace” a formal military zone, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that major cyber attacks might now be classified as a “case for the alliance” which NATO as a whole would respond to militarily, with conventional warfare.
Though Stoltenberg insisted doing so would depend heavily on the severity of the attacks, he said to establishment of cyberspace as a military zone meant NATO would react to attacks there the same as attacks in air, sea, land, or space.
In theory, this would mean that NATO member nations could invoke Article 4 of the alliance, obliging meetings to discuss mutual military defense if a member nation is “attacked,” simply on the grounds of them being hacked.
Individual NATO member states have also made similar statements over the past years.
The US acknowledged the notion of cyberspace being a new war dimension years ago, enacting the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on June 23, 2009, to fulfill tasks related to cyber combat.
In 2011 Washington said it regards cyberspace as an operational domain of war, equating digital attacks to those in the real world, and preparing to respond to them as it does to other threats to national security and wellbeing.
In Moscow, officials have long been concerned about the threat of cyber-warfare against Russia. In March, Communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov told RT that the US government and a handful of corporations working under US jurisdiction have a disproportionately strong influence on the internet.
Think about what has been said!
It is as if we are looking for any reason to start another conflict….if sso then I ask what constitutes a “cyber attack”?
What actually constitutes an act of cyber warfare? There’s a Republican senator who wants to figure that out.
Everyone knows hackers are breaking into networks quite regularly, whether they be hacktivists, criminals, or foreign intelligence services. But there’s never been a clear definition of “cyber war,” even if that term is thrown around often by cybersecurity experts and politicians alike.
“More or less, we all engage in some manner of [cyber] warfare these days, we just don’t go to ‘war’ over it,” Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, told Tech Insider last month.
Source: What constitutes an ‘act of cyber war’? – Tech Insider
None of this sounds like a recipe for a safer internet or world……also sounds like that some look for any excuse to use American force…..
Thoughts?
