iWar – bezprecedensowa forma wojny internetowej

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the concept of iWar, a new, unique idea of war. Understanding and specificity of the concept is associated with changes that take place in the way of functioning of modern societies. The term iWar is used to describe the form of war on the Internet, as well as the signs of attacks carried out on the web, which are targeted at the consumer’s internet infrastructure, such as websites providing access to online banking services. Thus, iWar differs from cyberwar, cyberterrorism, information warfare of information fights that involve communication control, access to military and critical infrastructure, electronic espionage, and command and control of the battlefield, and their battlefield is a communication network and satellite intelligence. The article presents the socio-technical dimensions that characterize the new dimension of war: individualization, secretiveness, interactivity, separateness and directness, within which the dynamics of modern war develops and is combined with specific technological applications. The main tool and methods of iWar are also presented.