Cyber Doctrines and the Risk of Nuclear Crisis Instability. Part 2: Russian and Chinese Use of Proxies
U.S. contribution to strategic instability is compounded by Russia’s and China’s cyber strategies. Particularly risky is that both countries incorporate “cyber proxies” as central parts of their cyber doctrines. Broadly defined, cyber proxies are loosely affiliated hacking groups, often times criminal hacking groups, that are called upon by the state to conduct parts of or all of specific cyber operations. For Russia, it has been longstanding practice for the state security service (FSB...
Corbin Stevens International Affairs Princeton University School Of Public Council On Foreign Relations Digital Foreign Relations Digital Cyberspace Policy
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