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Opinion | World War III Will Be Fought With Viruses - WSJ (www.wsj.com)

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A two-front biological and cyber attack could lead to a U.S. defeat before we know what hit us.

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[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A coordinated and effective cyber attack could cripple infrastructure

Could. But in reality wouldn't.
Russia has been at open, kinetic war with Ukraine for over a year now. Before that they've been the aggressors since 2014 Crimea annexation. Russia is one of the worlds leading "cyber powers". Cyber has done very, very little damage in Ukraine.

Sure, there is risk. But it's not "extinction level risk" like a biological vector. There's never been a cyber attack that has closed the global economy for 2+ years. Cyber attacks just don't scale that way. But viruses like COVID do. We know.