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It probably wasn’t Russia who attacked the Internet today. That’s what’s scary.
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/21/it-probably-wasnt-russia-that-attacked-the-internet-today-thats-what

Mais heureusement le plus effrayant reste réservé aux ennemis des #Etats-Unis,

One shouldn’t push this analogy too far. Other kinds of cyberattacks — such as the attack that the United States and Israel reportedly mounted on the Iranian nuclear program — require bespoke skills and customization and are out of the reach of all but sophisticated nation-states. Even so, taking down a large chunk of the Internet, as Friday’s attack apparently did, is well within the grasp of small criminal groups and other ordinary actors.