In conversations with diplomats around the world, we heard the same skepticism: “No one has been killed. These aren’t even attacks on people. They’re just machines attacking machines.” As we also found, perhaps more than any prior advance in weapons technology, views about cybersecurity fall along generational lines. Younger generations are digital natives. Their entire lives seem to be powered by technology, and an attack on their device is an attack on their home. It’s personal. But older generations don’t always see the impact of a cyberattack the same way. This leads to an even more
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