{"id":21824,"date":"2018-04-09T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/09\/new-cyber-weapons-are-here-and-no-one-is-prepared-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:00:16","slug":"new-cyber-weapons-are-here-and-no-one-is-prepared-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/newsletters\/2018\/04\/09\/new-cyber-weapons-are-here-and-no-one-is-prepared-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"New cyber weapons are here and no one is prepared, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyberattacks soon will destroy infrastructure and kill people. And that might be what it takes for policy leaders to prepare for what\u2019s coming, experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A panel of four experts from military<\/a>, finance, cyber and strategy <\/a>laid out frightening scenarios at the New America Future of War conference Monday that are not far-off possibilities but things that are happening now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter W. Singer, author of the novel \u201cGhost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War,\u201d and New America senior fellow, told the audience in Washington, D.C., that data breaches, cyber probes and power shutdowns in other countries haven\u2019t been given the attention they truly need. And the enemy is watching that lack of response.<\/p>\n\n\n\t