The computer attacks Russia allegedly orchestrated against Georgia in August
have raised the cyber warfare bar to a new threat level. The cyber assault
that accompanied Russia’s armed maneuver into its former territory of Georgia escalated to an international event. The concept of hurting a nation’s technological infrastructure as part of a wider conflict is not new. The extent to which the digital warfare was waged, however, clearly added to a growing concern that has already led U.S. officials to prepare for the next wave of computer warfare.
