official/formal accusation for cyberattack --- Since the attack by the Russians on the US elections in 2016 was the first formal accusation made against any country in the area of cyberwarfare, we may seek to determine what were the rationale (if any) that America used to make such an allegation- in so doing we may therefore begin to find a definition of a cyber attack. Being the nation of expert resources that America has, the allegation could only be made based on a few realistic assumptions: 1. There was a motive by Russia to do so, 2. there was an opportunity to do so 3. there were electronic footprints and evidence and 4, there was actually damage or disruption to assets which negatively impacted the socio-economic well being of a country. Maybe these and other rationale could be used in defining a cyber attack

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm