In a world of instability, one reassuringly constant rule is that countries have tended to behave in cyber space much as they do in the real world. That Russia should try to undermine confidence in western democracy by its online disinformation campaign in the US and Europe, or extend its siege of Ukraine by attacking domestic power supplies and industrial control systems with cyber weapons, is entirely predictable. So too is Iran’s behaviour in destroying Saudi Aramco’s computers or attacking US banks.
在一個不穩定的世界中,一條可靠的不變規則是,國家往往在網路空間中表現得和在現實世界中一樣。俄羅斯應會試圖通過其在美國和歐洲的網上虛假宣傳,破壞人們對西方民主的信心,或者運用網路武器攻擊烏克蘭電力供應和工業控制系統來繼續圍困烏克蘭,這是完全可以預見的。伊朗破壞沙烏地阿美(Saudi Aramco)的電腦或攻擊美國銀行的行爲,也可以預見。