Have recent cyberstrikes inadvertently kicked off a new Cold War?
‘; var PageContent= ‘The news of a cyberstrike aimed at South Korea and the United States has spread like wildfire since the Associated Press report hit the news wires. The popular target to blame is North Korea, however only South Korean officials make those charges, U.S. officials are remaining silent. If you take the political tension with North Korea into account, could these cyberattacks kick off another Cold War? \n \n For those who remember, the Cold War started in the 1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. Russia and the United States engaged in espionage, propaganda, and an arms race that included conventional and nuclear weapons, leading to technological weapons developments that we are just now starting to see in the public. The parallel is technological advancement. The arms race has been replaced by bandwidth and application development on a grand scale, and the players are larger too, North Korea, China, small groups in Russia, South Korea, as well as nations in the Midd