bring down the global economy into a deep recession or even depression. Cyber war been there ever since computers and the internet connected although like a fever, it's kept at low-grade by massive security provisioning. Hacking traffic on the WEB is continuous and massive. The goal of most of it is extortion and data theft or attempts at implanting rogue software into systems for future attacks.
Think of it like two neighboring nations who dislike each other that have daily border skirmishes with conventional weapons although both have nuclear weapons. Neither side wants annihilation even though fingers are on the trigger at all times. All it takes is one insane leader with a robust enough cyber army and a psychotic moment to wreak havoc across the globe.
Cyber attacks happen every day but rarely make the news. Most are kept in check by a powerful and extensive (and expensive) networks of both government and private security systems. However, those systems have their limits and theoretically could be overwhelmed.
The frightening thing about cyber security is that none of the actors know exactly what secret tools the others have in their back pocket. Nor do they know which of those secret bugs have been installed into existing computer systems that are silently waiting to be triggered.
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