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MAD can work for nuclear weapons because: 1) The set of nuclear powers is well-known. 2) The barrier to becoming a nuclear power is high enough that only g
by meatmanek 5y ago
MAD can work for nuclear weapons because:
1) The set of nuclear powers is well-known.
2) The barrier to becoming a nuclear power is high enough that only governments can feasibly do it.
3) You can generally tell who launched a missile at you.
4) Mutual destruction is considered a bad enough outcome by each of the nuclear powers that it's an effective first-strike deterrent.
Almost none of these factors are true for cyberattacks. Cyberattacks can be done by almost anybody, including literal children. They can be laundered in a way that makes them very difficult to trace. Lots of criminal enterprises wouldn't mind if their own country's infrastructure was crippled in a counterattack to their own attack.
- foota 5y agoI was under the impression that most of these kinds of attacks are primarily state sponsored and that the state is generally known.
- not2b 5y agoMany ransomware attacks are private profiteers. Some appear to be private criminals who are tolerated or even encouraged as long as they only attack hostile countries, and this provides deniability. But if retaliation becomes a real threat, the players will just pretend to be someone else, and the state actors will be good at that.
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