Cyber ​​WarfareIntroductionMany nations in the world, the United States, China, Russia, Iran, Germany and others, use cyber warfare as a method of conducting sabotage and espionage. Nations like China and Russia resort to espionage to keep their economy and military technology from falling behind by stealing the technology of advanced nations. Other nations, including Israel and Iran, focus on sabotaging other nations to cripple them, sending malware that destroys important data on the system, advancing their technology and costing them a fair amount of money due to repairs. Another popular cyberattack used, primarily by hacktivists, non-government-owned government-sympathizing groups, and less technologically advanced nations, is denial-of-service, or DoS. DoS is used to hamper the target's website and other things operated by computers by making it unavailable to the intended users. People argue that there are no benefits to cyber warfare due to its potential destructive powers and instantaneous destruction process. While other people who look from a different point of view find that cyber warfare has its advantages. They argue that an important advantage is that cyber warfare occurs in cyberspace, meaning it does not physically harm people. They also argue that cyber warfare draws the nation's awareness to the ever-increasing dangers of cyber warfare and forces the government to establish stronger cybersecurity to repel international attacks, which also helps protect the government from domestic hackers. It also creates more jobs for hackers, who use their knowledge to increase security instead of damaging it. While cyber warfare produces harmful effects on a nation, in the long run it creates... middle of paper... Exclusive: Israeli tunnel hit by cyberattack." USA Today October 27, 2013. Print .(Source C)Gorman, Siobhan. “China Spotted for Cyber-Espionage.” The Wall Street Journal November 4, 2011. Print. (Source E)Masnick, Mike “Should We Want a 'Cyber ​​War'? It's much less bloody than a real war." Techdirt. Np, June 20, 2012. Web. November 21, 2013. (Source G)Nakashima, Ellen. "Pentagon Seeks More Cyber ​​Defense Powers." Washington Post. August 10, 2012 : A.1. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 21 November 2013. (Source D) Paisley. "The Impact of Cyber ​​Warfare" RSS, 16 January 2008. Web )Stantis, Scott . USNews & World Report, 2013. Web. November 22, 2013. (Source K)Waterman, Shaun from Syria, Iran." Washington Times August 28, 2013. Print. (Source B)