CYBER WAR – A HARDLY CONTESTABLE REALITY NOWADAYS

Abstract

This article is a follow-up of the material published in our journal no. 2(42)/2016, entitled „CYBER ATTACKS, MAJOR THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES AGAINST STATES, ORGANISATIONS AND CITIZENS”. We considered this follow-up necessary due to the recent events and, mainly, to the situations created in Great Britain and United States of America by the massive and diversified cyber attacks intended to influence the political process in these countries. We also consider that it is very interesting to study the attacks against certain institutions and companies in some EU and/or NATO countries and the need to take some firm and diversified measures of defence.

Keywords

• cyber war
• cyber attacks
• UK
• US
• Russian Federation
• Romania