Political science generally defines war as over 1,000 casualties per year as a result of political conflict. Being a political scientist, I find cyberwar meaningless. Perhaps information conflict is a better term? The word "war" also generates fear, and state response, as well as extraordinary measures to deal with it, which are not always nice (think PATRIOT Act and NDAA 1021). Using the word war can escalate conflict. So lets rather not use it.
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