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Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users' minds

  • Written by Richard Forno, Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity & Internet Researcher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users' mindsCyberattacks target Americans' thinking.Fancy Tapis/Shutterstock.com

The Russian attacks on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the country’s continuing election-related hacking have happened across all three dimensions of cyberspace – physical, informational and cognitive. The first two are well-known: For years, hackers have...

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