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Posted on 03/26/2022 8:46:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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.”
The “oops” factor is the key. Just because Russia targets a specific sector of our economy or the military doesn’t mean the malware or virus used to carry out the attack won’t move into the greater computer universe, as those same style computers and servers can power civilian applications as well, and malware loves to spread.
In fact, that is the danger of any sort of cyberwar between the US and Russia or any nation; once you let the malware out into the wild, you never know where it could end up.
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Things worked pretty well back when I was a kid. The only calculators we had were pencils & paper, a brain, a good school system.
What went wrong? /s
Or is the Shwaabies going to do the actual cyber attack, but make it look like Russia, Russia, Russia?
Exactly why I drive an old car.
No computer with a link to big brother.
Snowden warned anyone who would listen—the NSA can spoof cyber-attacks by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea—and nobody would be able to tell the difference.
If the cash registers go down, and today’s young clerks have to make change and figure tax, we are doomed.
Fixed it...
;>)
Infrastructure based on pre-silicon tech May be resilient in the face of some threats but no way it would scale to the level we have now without things costing many times more with our current standard of living being far below what we have
Bingo...
;>)
The same Y2K hysteria, just repackaged for 2022.
The key is whether they fully backup their data.
Some folks do it right, some do not....
If they do that, do we have enough antique typewriters on hand to effectively mail enough angry worded letters across the sea to make an impact?
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Judging from their performance in Ukraine, I wouldn’t be so sure.
They seem rather inept.
Ha, ha. So true.
;>)
aliens
Oh c’mon. They’ve been cyber attacking us for weeks if not months. Turns out our hackers are better than their hackers.
All to protect certain USA criminals, many of whom are still in Congress and government. And their families.
Biden
Kerry
Romney
The US State Department, past and present
Etc.
When I logged out of yawhoo email last night, as always, it took me to their home page. The headline was about Russia bombing a theater killing 300, even though it is a week old story, with stories out there contradicting it.
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