The world is basically a giant computer with cloud-based networks controlling everything from sewage
pjmedia.com by Rick Moran
The world is basically a giant computer with cloud-based networks controlling everything from sewage and wastewater to the electrical grid. And as most of us are aware, it’s extremely vulnerable to attack by determined and organized nations.
One expert on cyberattacks initiated by sovereign entities calls them “weapons of mass chaos.” Indeed, they are not precision weapons like smart bombs or even our highly accurate Minuteman III land-based ICBMs. Much of the collateral damage is unknowable and could actually rebound to damage the systems of the attacker.
So wargamers are reluctant to even imagine a large-scale cyberattack. One former Trump administration National Security Council member told Senior Director at the Center for the National Interest Harry J. Kazianis, “A cyberattack is like throwing a grenade but not knowing when, if or upon whom it will explode. It might even explode on you. Pray no nation with a large cyber capacity goes to war deploying such weapons — we don’t really know where it leads.”…
