Threat of Cyberwar Is Over-Hyped 123
nk497 writes "A new OECD report suggests the cyberwar threat is over-hyped. A pair of British researchers have said states are only likely to use cyberattacks against other states when already involved in military action against them, and that sub-state actors such as terrorists and individual hackers can't really do much damage. Dr. Ian Brown said, 'We think that describing things like online fraud and hacktivism as cyberwar is very misleading.'"
Re:It's about control not reality (Score:5, Funny)
And there's no real threat of me being blown by an airplane terrorist.
Well, no, I think nearly all airplane terrorists are men who don't swing that way. But it would be an interesting experience right before getting blown up.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Right. Tell that to the Iranians [nytimes.com] who just lost 984 uranium-enrichment centrifuges to a US/Israeli worm.
The official explanation from the British Foreign Office stated that the centrifuges were not lost, but merely resting, after a long squawk, and were pining for the fjords.
Norwegian centrifuges stun easily.