Title :
Cyberwarfare: Western and Chinese Allegations
Author_Institution :
Univ. of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2014.4
