Is the West now at war with Russia without realising it?

A cyber attack on America’s largest bank, JP Morgan, raises questions only Vladimir Putin can answer

Columnist Robert Fox

This summer up to 83 million American citizens were under attack from Russia - and most of the victims of this almost surreal conflict didn't know anything about it.

The attack on the individual account holders – and internet servers - at America’s largest bank, JP Morgan, was one of the most serious to date in the new era of virtual wars taking place across oceans of cyberspace.

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is a writer on Western defence issues and Italian current affairs. He has worked for the Corriere della Sera in Milan, covered the Falklands invasion for BBC Radio, and worked as defence correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. His books include The Inner Sea: the Mediterranean and its People.