What is Information warfare?

What is Information warfare?

Information warfare is the use and management of information in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. In a war information about the opponent can give you a huge advantage, as proven by the Mongols and Hannibal. Information warfare may involve collection of tactical information, assurance that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize the enemy and the public, undermining the quality of opposing force information and denial of information collection opportunities to opposing forces.

An example is the Gulf war in 1991. Dutch hackers stole valuable information about the U.S. troops movements from the U.S. department of defense’s computers. They tried to sell it to the Iraqis but they thought it was a hoax and didn’t buy it.