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The Inquiry: Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary?

Thomas Rid suggests attacks on critical infrastructure are difficult and unlikely

Could an online attack cripple our power grid, hospitals and government and financial systems? Thomas Rid from King’s College, London, is the author of ‘Cyber War Will Not Take Place’. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, he discusses the difficulty of actually carrying out a large-scale infrastructure attack, and suggests we should focus on more mundane threats.

(Photo:Binary code cyber war. Credit: Profit_Image/Shutterstock)

10 minutes

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Tue 5 May 2015 16:20GMT

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  • Tue 5 May 2015 16:20GMT