Our next major war could be a cybersecurity war

Earlier this year, a disturbing piece of news on the other side of the world became a prime example of the growing menace of serious cyber attacks. South Korea’s spy agency informed government lawmakers that the number of North Korean cyber attacks had doubled in only one month. That was February – versus January. North Korea unsuccessfully tried to hack into South Korea’s railway control system and into the computer networks of financial institutions. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service also accused North Korea of trying to hack into the smartphones of 300 South Korean foreign affairs, security, and military officials, successfully penetrating 40 of them.