Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.11588/data/KDSFRB |
Publication Date
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2021-12-21 |
Title
| Heidelberg Cyber Conflict Dataset (HD-CY.CON) |
Author
| Harnisch, Sebastian (Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science) - ORCID: 0000-0001-9052-1544
Zettl, Kerstin (Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science) - ORCID: 0000-0002-0818-8402
Steiger, Stefan (Heidelberg University, University Computing Centre) - ORCID: 0000-0002-1260-3699 |
Point of Contact
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Harnisch, Sebastian (Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science) |
Description
| The Heidelberg Cyber Conflict Dataset (HD-CY.CON) has been developed at the Institute for Political Science, Heidelberg University, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch. HD-CY.CON is a comprehensive dataset on malicious cyber operations, integrating categories of offline conflict research with characteristics of online conflicts. Drawing on a broad variety of news sources, technical threat research reports by IT-companies and information offered by state security agencies, HD-CY.CON (currently) comprises data on 1265 cyber incidents from 2000 – 2019. The data set includes operations by states and various non-state-actors, both as attackers and victims. While existing cyber conflict datasets focus on generic categories, such as "state or state-supported" cyber operations, the Heidelberg data set offers a more nuanced differentiation of political and technical attribution statements, including the attributing initiator and its characteristics. In addition, HD-CY.CON uses conflict categories of the Conflict Barometer by the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK), thus allowing a closer examination of interaction between between offline-, and online conflict dynamics. Cyber incidents are coded according to categories of the HD.CY-CON codebook and differentiated into three main incident types: data theft, disruption and hijacking. Moreover, they are accredited an intensity score, based on technical and socio-political indicators. |
Subject
| Social Sciences |
Keyword
| Cyber Conflict, Cyber Incident, Cyber Espionage, Attribution, Conflict Issues, Proxies |
Related Publication
| Zettl, Kerstin; Harnisch, Sebastian; Hansel, Mischa (2022, i.E.): Asymmetrien in Cyberkonflikten. Wie Attribution und der Einsatz von Proxies die Normentwicklung beeinflussen, Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Zettl, Kerstin (2021): Macht im Cyberspace: Eine Übersicht der bisherigen Forschung und künftiger Perspektiven anhand des Proxy-Konzepts. In: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s42597-021-00064-2
Harnisch, Sebastian; Zettl, Kerstin (2020): Blame Game im Cyberspace. Informationstechnik als Waffe? 96-105 Seiten / Ruperto Carola, Nr. 16 (2020): Maschine & Mensch. In: Ruperto Carola (16), S. 96–105. doi: DOI: 10.17885/HEIUP.RUCA.2020.16.24194
Harnisch, Sebastian; Zettl, Kerstin (2020): Transnationale Verantwortung und Normemergenz im Cyberraum. In: Anja Seibert-Fohr (Hg.): Entgrenzte Verantwortung. Zur Reichweite und Regulierung von Verantwortung in Wirtschaft, Medien, Technik und Umwelt. Heidelberg: Springer, S. 207–240. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60564-6
Zettl, Kerstin (2020): A Brief History of Cyberattacks in 2019, Spotlight-Artikel, in: HIIK: Conflict Barometer 2020. Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung.
Steiger, Stefan; Harnisch, Sebastian; Zettl, Kerstin; Lohmann, Johannes (2018): Conceptualising conflicts in cyberspace. In: Journal of Cyber Policy 3 (1), S. 77–95. doi: DOI: 10.1080/23738871.2018.1453526 |
Notes
| The dataset will be continuously maintained and improved. Stay tuned for further information. |
Funding Information
| German Foundation for Peace Research |
Data Type
| Cyber Conflict Data |