2/28/2023 0 Comments Bridge tactics 2 hacked![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() America’s decision this month to ban its companies from doing business with Chinese tech champion Huawei is an obvious example of this trend. States are also reasserting control over data and information within their borders. In the years since 2012/13, states have aggressively incorporated cyber and information attacks into their foreign policy a development showcased by Russia’s widespread interference in U.S. If the fall of the Berlin Wall was the day the West lost its geographic sensibility 2019 is the year it is being restored. Bookended by New York Times revelations about America's Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, and the Guardian's publication of the Snowden leaks, Year Zero also saw Iran launch damaging cyber-attacks against American financial institutions, and Chinese hackers escalate their theft of foreign intellectual property. Mid-2012 was the beginning of what Adam Segal calls cyber Year Zero: the opening gambits in a global information war that has only intensified since. But in the months following its publication, events in cyberspace conspired to provide a sharp rejoinder to his critics. Cyberspace was not a terrain much touched on in Kaplan’s book. ![]()
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