4. Cyber attacks in the cloud

4.1 Cloud-based shooting platforms

Cloud computing can also be a launching pad for cyberattacks. An article by Guillaume Arcas, Botnet as a Service , suggests that cyberattackers have been forerunners in this field, since botnets are nothing other than cloud services avant la lettre. Guillaume Arcas, whose article offers a penetrating analysis of the possibilities of cloud-based cyberattacks, speaks of "black clouds"! We make no distinction here between cyber-attacks in the context of interstate conflicts and those of a criminal nature, because the techniques employed are broadly the same, and indeed...