Abstract
On 5 August 1914 – the day after Great Britain declared war on Germany – CS Alert, a British cable ship, severed the submarine telegraph cables connecting Germany to the United States. The first post on The Alert, the blog of the Offensive Cyber Working Group (OCWG), asked whether this action was an early example of offensive cyber. In this post, I will argue that this historical case can help inform our understanding of offensive cyber operations today, more than a century later.
Original language | English |
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Type | CS Alert – Offensive Cyber in 1914 |
Media of output | Blog post |
Publication status | Published - 5 Aug 2021 |