Cyber warfare is a quickly developing field of warfare in which opponents' networks, systems, and infrastructure are disrupted, sabotaged, or compromised by the use of digital technologies. Cyber warfare uses cyberspace to achieve strategic objectives, affect results, and gain an advantage in the military, political, and economic spheres, in contrast to traditional combat, which depends on physical force.

Fundamentally, information warfare, espionage, sabotage, hacking, and other offensive and defensive cyber activities carried out by state actors, non-state actors, and criminal groups comprise cyber warfare. These operations have the ability to seriously disrupt, harm, or even kill people as they target computer networks, communication systems, industrial control systems, and critical infrastructure.

The advent of cyberwarfare has changed the character of conflict, making it more difficult to distinguish between sabotage, espionage, and warfare. This has resulted in significant difficulties for international relations, national security, and world stability.

Beyond traditional battlefields, cyber warfare affects citizens, corporations, and governments globally since cyberspace is rapidly integrated into all facets of modern civilization, including government, military, economics, healthcare, and transportation. .