Cyberwarfare seem more appropriate for some acts --- It is true that definitions are key. Nevertheless, as it happens in other areas, new terms and technologies are always based and created in a framework, never in a void. This is helpful when applying old terms to new technolgy. For example, war. It would be a war if all parties declare it openly. If not, even if warfare is ocurring (that is why a prefer cyberwarfare), then it cannot be called that. Cyberconflict, then, applies perfectly to current phenomena in cyberspace, same as cyberwarfare (aggresive activity, but not yet war)

Source author: Carlos García Delgrado cgarciad@sre.gob.mx