Cyber Warfare: Uncoventional Attack

Unconventional AttackNameAffiliationDateAn unconventional attack that has occurred in the United States within the past five yearsUnconventional warfare is different from conventional warfare in the way that one country launches an attack on the other indirectly through proxy forces. The United States has faced these types of attacks in the Middle East which are assumed to be carried out by Iran-sponsored militias. These same attacks have also been carried out against the United States in form of Cyberwarfare by forces that are said to be sponsored by the Chinese and Russian governments. In 2016, various reports indicated that through unconventional cyber-attacks, the Russian government managed to influence the outcomes of the presidential elections in the United States. According to reports released by the U.S intelligence agencies, the Russian launched an operation which was known as Project Lakhta and the reports have suggested that the operation was ordered by Vladimir Putin the Russian President himself (Sanger, 2017). During the course of the elections, a number of Russian-sponsored hackers managed to hack into the Hillary Clinton campaign, the National Committee for the Democrats, and the