The Invisible War: Cyberwarfare as a New Paradigm of Conflict

Digital warfare represents a profound transformation in the way armed conflict is conceived and conducted. It is not simply the extension of information technologies to military purposes, but a structural shift that redefines the very nature of war. Cyberwarfare is the use of digital tools to attack information systems, critical infrastructures, and communication networks with the aim of weakening or paralyzing an adversary. Victory or defeat is no longer determined solely on physical battlefields but increasingly by the ability to strike invisibly at servers, databases, and networks that sustain the economic, political, and military life of a society. This opens new scenarios: wars fought without deployed armies, but through lines of code and cyberattacks capable of causing real and lasting damage.