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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 Kingβs College, London, is the author of βCyber War Will Not Take Placeβ. 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.
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