Impact of Denial-of-Service Attacks on European Cyber Threat Awareness

The high profile of such relatively inconsequential online political warfare as denial-of-service attacks and playful site defacement has the general public distracted from much graver risks. That's especially true in Europe, according to experts, where many Internet users are newer to . . . The high profile of such relatively inconsequential online political warfare as denial-of-service attacks and playful site defacement has the general public distracted from much graver risks. That's especially true in Europe, according to experts, where many Internet users are newer to the medium and less attuned to the dangers of such threats as smart viruses.

"Do Europeans care about information warfare?" asks Christiane Schultzki-Haddouti, a German journalist who specializes in information warfare. "Not much. Compared to America, Europe is still sleeping."

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