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Opinion | World War III Will Be Fought With Viruses - WSJ (www.wsj.com)

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A two-front biological and cyber attack could lead to a U.S. defeat before we know what hit us.

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[–] FrostBolt@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Russia will release half-monkey, half-man hybrid shock troops; they'll be dancing in the aisles of Walmart by next month

[–] lowdownfool@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, viruses that are impossible to contain to a specific target. Sure, I buy that. /s

[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get the biological vector - it's scary. But a cyber attack? Meh.

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

A coordinated and effective cyber attack could cripple infrastructure, it's actually a thing to be concerned about. There's a reason we banned certain Chinese chip manufacturers products from being used within government hardware. If you think there's not an actual threat you're not paying attention.