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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs state sponsored hacking an act of war?
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el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)I guess it might fall under the same rules as other espionage activities? I mean if you were to sneak into Putins office and photograph a bunch of documents vs. lift a bunch of documents of his government owned website - there's no real difference is there?
That said Espionage doesn't usually lead to war because both sides don't usually want to broadcast their successes or failures.
Bryant
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)Our response isn't really relevant to the nature of the act.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)doesn't really care about what to do next.
Is Russia hacking DNC emails an act worth going to war over?
Are we going to just suck up their "act of war" because we likely do tons of the same things?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"Not sure - are we ready to go to war..."
I don't believe there is a relevant connection between believing or not believing state-sponsored hacking to be an act of war and the wholly different narrative you inserted as to whether "we" are ready to go to war. A thing is either an act of war or it is not.
Iggo
(47,550 posts)BainsBane
(53,031 posts)which is not the same as war.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)systems or infrastructure? Alter events such as influencing an election?
I'd say gathering intelligence isn't an act of war but the rest of it is. An example of an act of war would be Stuxnet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
Eugene
(61,872 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Eleven dimensional chess.
Oneironaut
(5,492 posts)- Stealing data is espionage.
- Rigging an election - probably
- Melting down a nuclear plant or destroying the power grid - definitely.