Cyberwarfare: Western and Chinese Allegations

Author

Kshetri, Nir

Author_Institution

Univ. of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2014

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

19

Abstract

A large proportion of China-originated cyberattacks are allegedly aimed at extracting high-value intellectual property such as trade secrets. Senior government officials from China and the US have made frequent verbal and written allegations that their countries are victimized by cyberattacks and that their counterparts in the other country don´t cooperate in fighting cybercrimes. This paper sheds light into this cyber Cold war by examining Western and Chinese allegations and counter-allegations related to cyberattacks and cyberwarfare.

Keywords

security of data; social aspects of automation; China-originated cyberattacks; Chinese allegations; US; United States; Western allegations; counter-allegations; cyber cold war; cybercrime fighting; cyberwarfare; high-value intellectual property; trade secrets; verbal allegations; written allegations; China; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Government; International relations; Malware; China; advanced persistent threats; cyberattacks; cyberwarfare; economic espionage; formal and informal institutions; information technology; nationalism;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IT Professional

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1520-9202

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MITP.2014.4

Filename

6756767