We are at war, but not as we have known it. All the big powers are involved and the potential for catastrophe is great. That is the chilling conclusion to be drawn from reading Andy Greenberg’s dystopian journey through state-sponsored cyber hacking.
The hostilities are taking place in real time, undermining a system near you. Whether it is fake news, deepfakes or data theft, populations are desperately seeking to disentangle fact from malicious fiction. Democracy is being undermined routinely. In the US, debate rages about whether the next presidential election will be as manipulated as the last one was. In the UK, the Conservatives have postponed publication a report on Kremlin interference until after next month’s general election. Information is one thing, but what happens when external forces control not just information, but the machinery that makes the state work?
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