"[M]ajor powers (e.g., Russia and China) have a significant and growing ability to hold U.S. critical infrastructure at risk via cyber attack, and an increasing potential to also use cyber to thwart U.S. military responses to any such attacks. This emerging situation threatens to place the United States in an untenable strategic position. Although progress is being made to reduce the pervasive cyber vulnerabilities of U.S. critical infrastructure, the unfortunate reality is that, for at least the next decade, the offensive cyber capabilities of our most capable adversaries are likely to far exceed the United States’ ability to defend key critical infrastructures. The U.S. military itself has a deep and extensive dependence on information technology as well, creating a massive attack surface." CyberDefenseOfficial
Have you heard about this? The Obamas were "holding their breath" over Russian retaliation for the expulsion of 35 Russian agents in the U.S. for interference in the presidential election because they knew how vulnerable U.S. infrastructure was to cyber-attack. Specifically mentioned in the article that I read previously was the vulnerability caused by the U.S. being too wired, having an "extensive dependence" on computer programming. That is the "massive attack surface" reference. In an earlier missile generation this would have been "an abundance of high-value targets." Also in the article I read, the U.S. wiredness vulnerability was contrasted specifically with "major power, e.g. Russia" relative lack of wiredness: Russian stupidity protected them.
Note, too: "untenable strategic position." That means, in the patois of nuclear weaponry, that Russia has, and will have "for at least the next decade," first strike capability against the U.S.
Have you heard about this? The Obamas were "holding their breath" over Russian retaliation for the expulsion of 35 Russian agents in the U.S. for interference in the presidential election because they knew how vulnerable U.S. infrastructure was to cyber-attack. Specifically mentioned in the article that I read previously was the vulnerability caused by the U.S. being too wired, having an "extensive dependence" on computer programming. That is the "massive attack surface" reference. In an earlier missile generation this would have been "an abundance of high-value targets." Also in the article I read, the U.S. wiredness vulnerability was contrasted specifically with "major power, e.g. Russia" relative lack of wiredness: Russian stupidity protected them.
Note, too: "untenable strategic position." That means, in the patois of nuclear weaponry, that Russia has, and will have "for at least the next decade," first strike capability against the U.S.
