Timeline: Cyberwarfare and cybercrime

The market for cyberarms is thriving, driven by a spate of high-profile incidents, such as Russia’s alleged attack on Estonian government websites in 2007 and last year’s Stuxnet hit on Iran’s nuclear programme. Defence companies are investing heavily to create a cyberwar industrial complex, a development likely to have far-reaching consequences for the future of the internet.

In this interactive timeline, the FT looks at key attacks since 2007.