TEOTWAWKI 8: Cyberwarfare

We know that a great deal of our critical national infrastructure
depends on complex cyber-systems; but in the fast-changing world
of the internet and computer systems, it's become impossible for
slow-moving legislators to catch up to the shifting goalposts.
Hackers and similar groups have had major impacts on society. But
most of what's been visibly done so far has been limited to what
you might call petty crime; theft, extortion, exposure of secret
or sensitive information.


But, as our systems increasingly depend on these complex
networks, there is a disturbing question we can't answer. How
much could a determined group of cyber-criminals disrupt society?
Could they find a way to compromise highly sensitive weapons
systems? Could they trigger a nuclear war?

Coming in at number 8: Cyberwarfare. 


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