Explain Why The Threats Should NOT Be Considered An Act Of War

Imagine being an agent who is in charge of launching the country's nukes but then you realize that the systems have been hacked and compromised. That is a prime example of an extreme cyber attack. Examples like that are the reason why that some cyber attacks should be considered acts of wars depending on how severe the attacks are and who they target. For example the security breach that Yahoo had which leaked all of their user accounts out should not be considered an act of war because it didn't have an impact on national security. While for example the shadow brokers who hacked into the NSA and got the NSA hacking tools could be considered a threat to national security because with their tools they are able to hack into a wide variety of …show more content…
So if a computer has the ransomware it has a chance to spread like wildfire. Luckily for the users Microsoft released an emergency security patch when they found out about the vulnerability and blocked the ransomware from becoming widespread. The Eternal Blue exploit would not be directly considered an act of war but, for example, wikileaks could be looked at as an act of war because they leaked alleged CIA documents for the country to see which the United states might take as an act of war to the publisher of Wikileaks. Which the United States wouldn't classify as an act of war because they have yet to figure out what would constitute an act of war from a cyber attack. Eventually the United states government will fully grasp how threatening and dangerous cyber attacks could be. The government should start thinking about how to deal with these cyberattacks now before it’s too late. For example imagine a scenario where our country's missile launches are getting hacked if we don't have an infrastructure set up to deal with it now, it will be too late when the time comes to deal with it. Imagine not having a plan for natural disasters, that’s how it will turn