Cyberattack

Cyberwar

Alternatively referred to as cyberwarfare, cyberwar is a term used to describe a fictional future conflict that takes place in the virtual world, or over the Internet. Below are some examples of what many believe could happen during cyberwar, cyberterror, or a cyberattack.

Examples of cyberwar

Attacks on government or military websites to gain confidential information, disrupt, disable, or creating backdoors for future attacks.

Attacks on an individual or collection of websites that prevent them from being accessed.

Attack on a news site or other information site to spread fake news about events not happening to cause small breakouts of false hysteria.

Attacks on major utilities such as power, water, gas, etc. causing disruptions or complete outages.

Attacks on financial institutions, banks, stock trading, etc. causing disruptions, outages, or false information.

Attacks on major backbones, routers, or other sections of the Internet causing disruptions in all Internet traffic.

The first widely known use of a cyberweapon and cyber attack

In 2010, the Stuxnet virus was discovered and is considered to be the first cyberweapon used in a cyberattack that targeted the Iran uranium enrichment infrastructure.

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