What is Cyber Warfare? | Ask an Expert?

Cyber warfare is when countries fight using computers and the internet, like a big game of hide-and-seek but with super-smart tricks.

Imagine you have a toy box full of your favorite toys. Now imagine someone from another room starts taking your toys without you seeing them, that’s kind of what cyber warfare feels like for grown-ups, except they use computers instead of hands.

In cyber warfare, one country might send computer messages to another country's computers, trying to make them do strange things or even stop working. Sometimes it’s like when you trick a friend into giving you their candy by saying, “I’ll trade you my chocolate bar for your gummy worms!”, except in this case, the computer is the one being tricked.

Just like how losing your favorite toy can make you sad, when computers stop working, it can mess up things like lights, phones, and even hospitals. Countries use special teams of people who know a lot about computers to help them win this big game, kind of like having a team of super-smart friends on your side!