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01-20-2018, 05:21 PM
Pentagon’s proposed nuclear strategy elevates cyberattacks to a terrifying new realm
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It's the fall of 2019 and America is paralyzed.
A wave of cyberattacks have crippled America's banks, sent a blackout rolling across the East Coast, and disabled almost all U.S. internet infrastructure.*
America's response is nuclear. A submarine off the coast of North Korea launches ballistic missiles at the tiny, reclusive country, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in battle since 1945. In response, China and Russia prepare for war, and the world watches as an all-out nuclear exchange is suddenly a very real proposition.*
This scenario, previously impossible, would be just one of the many that the U.S. government would have to prepare for under the Pentagon's new proposals for how to respond to cyberattacks.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/20/nuclear-weapons-pentagon-cyberattack/)
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It's the fall of 2019 and America is paralyzed.
A wave of cyberattacks have crippled America's banks, sent a blackout rolling across the East Coast, and disabled almost all U.S. internet infrastructure.*
America's response is nuclear. A submarine off the coast of North Korea launches ballistic missiles at the tiny, reclusive country, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in battle since 1945. In response, China and Russia prepare for war, and the world watches as an all-out nuclear exchange is suddenly a very real proposition.*
This scenario, previously impossible, would be just one of the many that the U.S. government would have to prepare for under the Pentagon's new proposals for how to respond to cyberattacks.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/20/nuclear-weapons-pentagon-cyberattack/)
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