Cyber Warfare: The Fifth Theater of Military Operations

Today, cyber wars have migrated from science fiction novels to reality. The U.S. military considers cyberspace the fifth theater of military operations (alongside land, sea, air, and space), involving the Department of Defense, NSA, CIA, independent hacker groups – everyone who can create and use computer viruses to strike at the enemy. Renowned American journalist Shane Harris details the history of the development of the U.S. military-cyber complex and today's trends in its evolution. We learn about the decisive role of cyber wars in the Iraq War, the collaboration of government structures with such tech giants as Facebook and Google for the purpose of gathering information about users. The author urges us to closely examine the partnership between technology and financial companies for patrolling cyberspace, and finally explains the dangers we all face by spending so much time online.