Cooperation, not conflict, best choice in cyberspace

Most of the cyberattacks targeting Chinese computers and networks in 2018 originated in the United States, according to China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team.

The nongovernmental agency of network security, in its recent annual report, points to a sharp increase in attacks involving Trojans and botnets - a mass of computers that have been taken over by malware - but stops short of identifying any specific wrongdoers.

Which comes as no surprise, because it has always been difficult, usually impossible, to verify who should be held responsible for malicious cyber activities. And any hasty attribution of responsibility could lead to miscalculation.