Wait, cyberwar has to be violent and hurt people to count as an attack? Logistics is part of war. Cyber attacks can disrupt logistics without ever directly ha

Wait, cyberwar has to be violent and hurt people to count as an attack? Logistics is part of war. Cyber attacks can disrupt logistics without ever directly harming anybody. Take Stuxnet. But I think the metaphor of war is a bad one. You have deniable assets who can spy on one's enemies or commit sabotage. You can even make it look like somebody else. That's not war, that's covert deniable actions and intelligence and counter intelligence. And the military is going to be very capable of defending against attacks directly against it. It's the infrastructure and civilians who will be at risk. Cyber terrorism may also be a useful metaphor to consider... you can make people feel afraid if you attack the power grid or cut off phone service to a broad area.