Foreign Policy: Where Fukushima Meets Cyber Wars
by DAVID ROTHKOPF
South Korean passengers walking past a TV reporting an explosion at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant. This week, Gen. Keith Alexander argued that future conflicts will most likely involve cyber warfare, causing some to worry about the cyber threat to U.S. nuclear facilities.
The Japanese nuclear crisis, though still unfolding, may, in a way, already be yesterday’s news. For a peek at tomorrow’s, review the testimony of General Keith Alexander, head of U.S. Cyber Command. Testifying before Congress this week and seeking support to pump up his agency budget, the general argued that all future conflicts would involve cyber warfare tactics and that the U.S. was ill-equipped to defend itself against them. (read more)
