From Foreign Policy:Are cyberattacks warfare? It’s a lot more complicated than you think.
Earlier this summer, the two U.S. presidential candidates—by then accustomed to jousting their opponents—took another kind of hit. The FBI and the Secret Service told the Obama and McCain campaigns that hackers had tapped into their networks, looking for clues about likely future policies. The attacks probably originated in China. Hackers from that country have also infiltrated the White House and the Pentagon in recent months, according to news reports. And during the Russia-Georgia conflict, Georgian government Web sites also fell victim to attackers thought to be operating privately from Russia.
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My Comment: I would have to say yes ..... cyberattacks is warfare. With communications becoming even more vital as technology takes over the battlefield, any disruption in this information will be interpreted as an attack. The lack of legal guidelines to confront this threat will need to be quickly rectified. Iraqi or Taliban insurgents may not have the sophistication to disrupt America's cyber capabilities, but Russia, China, and a few others .... these countries can.