The cyberworld is a dangerous place. But just how dangerous is hard to gauge. Today, Tavish Vaidya at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., discusses the most egregious attacks of the 21st century and concludes that the trend is increasing sharply. In a two-part post, here are 20 of the most infamous attacks his paper discusses.
20. April 2001: A US Navy EP-3E spy plane collides with a Chinese J-811 fighter jet while operating over the South China Sea near Hainan Island. The pilot of the Chinese plane ejected, was never found and is assumed dead. The American plane was severely damaged and forced to make an emergency landing on Hainan where the Chinese military imprisoned the 24 crew.
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