Interesting read here. A recent study shows that nation retaliatory hacking may not escalate as we thought. The Obama administration had a stance to not retaliate against counties that launched cyberattacks against the US, and they would implement sanctions for fear it could lead to a military conflict. The study shows just the opposite, it is rare that a cyber conflict will go tit for tat, or escalate to a military conflict.
The article speculates that these findings may benefit the Trump administration as the US has recently launched cyberattacks against Russia, China, and Iran to retaliate or intimidate.
An additional finding of the study shows that retaliatory hacking does little to stop adversaries from launching additional attacks. I have this vision of rival nations launching cyberattacks against each other and being wary to not cross that threshold for Military escalation. I assume all nations involved know each other’s thresholds? A very dangerous game being played here.
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