“The Fog of Cyberwar”, my piece in Newsweek
Written on April 18, 2009
The article is the result of my five-day trip to Tallinn. A bit overhyped but the editorial changes, but still relatively balanced. Here’s a teaser:
NATO is only just beginning to recognize that the Internet has become a new battleground, and that it requires a military strategy. As economic life relies more and more on the Internet, the potential for small bands of hackers to launch devastating attacks on the world economy is growing. To counter such threats, a group of NATO members, including the U.S. and Germany, last year established a kind of internal cybersecurity think tank, based in a former government building in Tallinn, Estonia. The 30 staffers at the Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence analyze emerging viruses and other threats, and pass on alerts to sponsoring NATO governments. They are also working to bring the allies together on the elusive issues that deepen the fog of cyberwar.
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