And Now, A Cyber Arms Race Towards Critical Infrastructure Attacks

As traditional explosives give way to ‘logic bombs,’ the need to protect our industrial networks and systems has never been more important.

Over the past several years sophisticated code has been used for nation-state espionage in order to minimize risk to military personnel or costly equipment. Similar techniques are now being applied to the development of next-generation cyber weapons. These will allow troops to remotely launch cyber code designed to destroy physical equipment, cause severe damage to critical infrastructure, and impact not only military targets but also civilian lives.

There is a cyber arms race going on. Nation-states and terrorist organizations are spending billions of dollars to build the cyberbombs. According to U.S. government contractors and former Pentagon officials, a new half-billion-dollar U.S. military contract will sponsor the development of lethal cyberweapons. The goal of this United States Cyber Command project, according to various news reports, is to develop capabilities that will allow troops to launch logic bombs instead of traditional explosives and essentially direct an enemy’s critical infrastructure to self-destruct. For the full article click here 

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