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In recent years, there have been several major cyberattacks, behind which were states that wanted to gain geopolitical advantages through these attacks. Technology Review believes that in the new decade, the battle in cyberspace will only intensify and possibly become more dangerous for their victims.
Olympiads and elections
Russian hackers have played a key role in the world's largest cyber attacks in recent years. During the 2016 US elections, more than a hundred polling stations were attacked and this unprecedented cyber campaign has already gone down in history, but this alone does not indicate a trend. That same year, when WADA exposed a doping network in Russia and recommended that the country be barred from competing, the Russian hacker group Fancy Bear hacked into WADA's website to compromise the organization.
The next case happened at the 2018 Olympics in South Korean Pyeongchang - a giant cyber attack was carried out on the digital infrastructure of the organizers of the games, which partly disrupted the opening of the Olympics. The American media, referring to the data of the national intelligence, then wrote that Russia was behind the attacks and this was revenge for not allowing the country to enter the games.
Cyber war has replaced the nuclear race
But Russia is not alone in doing this. The United States, China, North Korea, and Iran have ample opportunities for cyberattacks. Ben Buchanan, professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, writes in his book The Hacker and the State that “over the past two decades, international digital warfare has become much more aggressive than ever before. The United States and its allies can no longer dominate this area as they once did. Disruptive cyberattacks and data leaks are fueling a bitter struggle between nations. ”The author sees the reason for these conflicts of a new type in the fact that the digital infrastructure that appeared in America and for a long time gave this country an advantage in various geopolitical operations has become quite perfect in many countries.
The publication writes that the scale of the current mutual cyberattacks between countries - on ports, corporations, hospitals, power grids - poses questions to modernity that have not yet been answered: What are the rules in this war? What are the consequences?
“If the escalation of cyberwar continues unchecked, victims of government-sponsored hacker attacks could face much more serious trouble than they did before,” writes Andy Greenberg in Sandworm, a documentary on hackers.
Alarming 2020th
In December 2019, Russia was suspended from the Olympics and sports competitions for four years, which caused an angry reaction from the official authorities of the Russian Federation. In terms of its landscape, 2020 is similar to 2016: in summer, Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics, and in the fall, the United States will hold presidential elections. It is very possible that the hacker group Fancy Bear will take these two events as their main goals this year, the newspaper writes. Moreover, preparations have already begun: in October 2019, a certain hacker group attacked sixteen sports and anti-doping associations located on three continents, Microsoft reported the attack then. In the same month, an attack by Iranian hackers on the websites of the future US Democratic presidential campaign was revealed.
Technology Review concludes that world powers will continue to use 21st century digital weapons against each other to advance their interests internationally. And in the Olympic Games, as in elections, even the smallest advantage can play a decisive role.
Olympiads and elections
Russian hackers have played a key role in the world's largest cyber attacks in recent years. During the 2016 US elections, more than a hundred polling stations were attacked and this unprecedented cyber campaign has already gone down in history, but this alone does not indicate a trend. That same year, when WADA exposed a doping network in Russia and recommended that the country be barred from competing, the Russian hacker group Fancy Bear hacked into WADA's website to compromise the organization.
The next case happened at the 2018 Olympics in South Korean Pyeongchang - a giant cyber attack was carried out on the digital infrastructure of the organizers of the games, which partly disrupted the opening of the Olympics. The American media, referring to the data of the national intelligence, then wrote that Russia was behind the attacks and this was revenge for not allowing the country to enter the games.
Cyber war has replaced the nuclear race
But Russia is not alone in doing this. The United States, China, North Korea, and Iran have ample opportunities for cyberattacks. Ben Buchanan, professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, writes in his book The Hacker and the State that “over the past two decades, international digital warfare has become much more aggressive than ever before. The United States and its allies can no longer dominate this area as they once did. Disruptive cyberattacks and data leaks are fueling a bitter struggle between nations. ”The author sees the reason for these conflicts of a new type in the fact that the digital infrastructure that appeared in America and for a long time gave this country an advantage in various geopolitical operations has become quite perfect in many countries.
The publication writes that the scale of the current mutual cyberattacks between countries - on ports, corporations, hospitals, power grids - poses questions to modernity that have not yet been answered: What are the rules in this war? What are the consequences?
“If the escalation of cyberwar continues unchecked, victims of government-sponsored hacker attacks could face much more serious trouble than they did before,” writes Andy Greenberg in Sandworm, a documentary on hackers.
Alarming 2020th
In December 2019, Russia was suspended from the Olympics and sports competitions for four years, which caused an angry reaction from the official authorities of the Russian Federation. In terms of its landscape, 2020 is similar to 2016: in summer, Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics, and in the fall, the United States will hold presidential elections. It is very possible that the hacker group Fancy Bear will take these two events as their main goals this year, the newspaper writes. Moreover, preparations have already begun: in October 2019, a certain hacker group attacked sixteen sports and anti-doping associations located on three continents, Microsoft reported the attack then. In the same month, an attack by Iranian hackers on the websites of the future US Democratic presidential campaign was revealed.
Technology Review concludes that world powers will continue to use 21st century digital weapons against each other to advance their interests internationally. And in the Olympic Games, as in elections, even the smallest advantage can play a decisive role.
