From Cyberwar to Hacktivism

Abstract

Chapter 3 showed us that behind the familiar facade of cyberspace lurks a dark and dangerous world. But that’s not all. Even governments are not disinterested, neutral players: they use cyberweapons in a variety of ways to manipulate, spy on, and even fight against other nations. Therefore, we should not be surprised that government agencies taking action against other nation states have also discovered and deployed digital weapons. We are now going into the binary trenches to find out whether the digital James Bond likes his vodka martinis “shaken, not stirred.”