How cyber war affects humanitarian aid

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Imagine a dramatic, airport novel, most communications are down, electric and water service intermittent, internet services like Snapchat and messenger applications, non functional. The term cyber warfare conjures up images of computers launching attacks against each other, interrupting the modern world. Imagining how one would affect current humanitarian aid operations, or the knock on crisis digital war could create has yet to be fully explored. The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) spotting a need, ran a symposium on this and related topics with the <a href="https://www.icrc.org/en/document/digital-technologies-exploring-threats-people-and-humanitarians-warzones" target="_blank">Digital Do No Harm Conference in London 11–12 December 2018</a>. An esteemed colleague brought me on board the working group for cyber operations, utilising my military and cyber warfare background.