Research Article

Identifying Key Relationships between Nation-State Cyberattacks and Geopolitical and Economic Factors: A Model

Table 6

Relationship analysis (victim perspective).

CountryFinal variable/sAdjusted R2

CHNPositiveValue, NegativeValue, HDI, ExportsImports, ForeignDirectInvestmentNetInflows0.78
INDPositiveValue, NegativeValue, HDI, GDP_PC, ForeignDirectInvestmentNetInflows, MilitaryExpenditure0.79
IRNNegativeValue, HDI, GDP_PC, ExportsImports, ForeignDirectInvestmentNetInflows, MilitaryExpenditure0.42
RUSNegativeValue, HDI, ExportsImports, ForeignDirectInvestmentNetInflows, MilitaryExpenditure0.77
USAPositiveValue, NegativeValue, HDI, GDP_PC, ExportsImports0.82
VNMPositiveValue, HDI, GDP_PC, ForeignDirectInvestmentNetInflows, MilitaryExpenditure0.92