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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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[–] emptyother@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is just my opinion, NOT in any way facts:

Thing is we've all been attacked and are actively defending against cyber attacks already, all over the internet-connected globe. We've fought bot nets. We are prepared. We've taken precautions. Our defenses has been battle-tested. (Though I am not sure we are prepared enough against these new pattern-finding AIs). And we know to keep essential services offline.

Biological we haven't, we've mostly trusted our immune system, which is made for smaller population densities. And we have no way to modify our defenses other than vaccines. If any smart biohacker finds a vulnerability, our only plan is what we did when covid started. And a biological attack combined with a misinformation campaign could cripple any country easier than any cyber attack.