Chapter 58

Cyber Warfare

Anna Granova,    Pretoria Society of Advocates

Marco Slaviero,    SensePost Pty Ltd

The times we live in are called the Information Age for very good reasons: Today information is probably worth much more than any other commodity. Globalization, the other important phenomenon of the times we live in, has taken the value of information to new heights. On one hand, citizens of a country may now feel entitled to know exactly what is happening in other countries around the globe. On the other, the same people can use the Internet to mobilize forces to overthrow the government in their own country.1 To this end, the capabilities of the Internet have been put to use and people have become accustomed to receiving information ...

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