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.
在一个不稳定的世界中,一条可靠的不变规则是,国家往往在网络空间中表现得和在现实世界中一样。俄罗斯应会试图通过其在美国和欧洲的网上虚假宣传,破坏人们对西方民主的信心,或者运用网络武器攻击乌克兰电力供应和工业控制系统来继续围困乌克兰,这是完全可以预见的。伊朗破坏沙特阿美(Saudi Aramco)的计算机或攻击美国银行的行为,也可以预见。