NEW CAJ: Cyberwar Abstract

The purpose of this CAJ is to provide information on the topic of cyberwar that has become a general topic of discussion recently and about  a potential threat to the future of human beings. In the following blog posts, famous cyber threats will be covered, but the difficulties in defining recent cyberattacks as cyberwar and the probability of the future outbreak of a cyberwar will equally be discussed. Several scientific journals as well as websites dedicated to cyber security and to technology in general, just as TED talks on topics related to cyberwar, served as the sources of information of this CAJ. The research conducted on the topic of cyberwar concluded that greatest difficulty in defining cyberwar is the fact that it is hard to track cyberattacks back to their source and that series of cyberattacks can only be considered an act of war if a nation leads its operation. This further leads to the assumption that the outbreak of a cyberwar is highly unlikely. To further research cyberwar, the different forms of cyberattacks that could be used in cyberwar will be presented and theories about the potential risk of a cyberwar outbreak will be elaborated.