information warfare

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the use of electronic communciations and the internet to disrupt a country's telecommunications, power supply, transport system, etc

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Words nearby information warfare

information security, information superhighway, information system, information technology, information theory, information warfare, informative, informatory double, informed, informed consent, informer

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How to use information warfare in a sentence

Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The FBI has also been searching its records for any information that could assist the French investigation, a spokesperson added.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The United States government might not release that information for years, if ever.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This information was balm to Louis, as it seemed to promise a peaceful termination to so threatening an affair.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Probably his Private Secretary, considering you a new man, will have failed to furnish the necessary information.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Such a refusal would lead to quick enquiry—enquiry to information—information to want of confidence and speedy ruin.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
At the sound of Blanche's name he jumped up and took his usual tone; he knew all about his wife, and needed no information.
Confidence|Henry James
I never had to fight again except as an unwilling participant in our foreign warfare.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

Cultural definitions for information warfare

information warfare

The use of information technology as an active weapon of war. This includes not only attempts to intercept, disrupt, and defend military-specific communications and information technology, but also attempts to gain access to and disrupt such critical computer systems as those involved in air traffic control, the electric power grids, and banking systems. (See cyberwarfare.)