This study utilized a quantitative analysis of 246 cyberattack incidents reported in the Extremist CyberCrime Database to identify significant predictors of nation-state-sponsored cyberattacks relative to those performed by non-nation-state-sponsored ideological actors. Clarke and Newman's Situational Crime Prevention framework for terrorism was used to identify differential opportunities to successfully affect targets on the basis of tools, weapons, and the ability to access targets in online settings. The analysis noted nation-state-sponsored attacks were less likely to use high-visibility attack methods and more likely to utilize attack methods leading to data breaches. In addition, they were more likely to target state governments and military entities relative to ideological actors.

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使用情景犯罪预防的各个方面评估民族国家发起的网络攻击

这项研究对极端主义网络犯罪数据库中报告的 246 起网络攻击事件进行了定量分析，以确定民族国家资助的网络攻击相对于非民族国家资助的意识形态行为者实施的网络攻击的重要预测因素。克拉克和纽曼的恐怖主义情境犯罪预防框架用于根据工具、武器和在线环境中访问目标的能力来确定成功影响目标的不同机会。分析指出，民族国家发起的攻击不太可能使用高可见度的攻击方法，而更有可能利用导致数据泄露的攻击方法。此外，相对于意识形态行为者，他们更有可能针对州政府和军事实体。