Cyberattacks Are an Act of War and Should Be Responded to as Such

We watched as America, which seemed invulnerable to foreign attacks, suffered one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country's history.

While the majority of the time we view attacks with human casualties as more severe than those without, little thought is given to the future implications of many attacks on US interests, most importantly, cyberattacks perpetrated against the United States.

Over the course of the last two decades, cyberattacks on the United States have increased in both frequency and severity, while the US has failed to respond to many of these attacks.

Despite the copious amounts of evidence to the contrary, the left used language like "Act of war" and "Attack on our democracy" to highlight this presumed attack.

If Country A attacks Country B with conventional warfare, any future occupation would require a rebuild first, as conventional warfare inevitably destroys infrastructure.

The entire War in Afghanistan was us tracking down those responsible for an attack, that were non-state actors.

It is time to stop trivializing what these attacks are: An act of war.

https://redstate.com/scotthounsell/2021/05/12/cyberattacks-are-an-act-of-war-and-should-be-responded-to-as-such-n377821