It's very much a threat. If we hadn't implemented MFA for all customers, some would have been compromised by now. From 10k customers, we have tens of thousands of breach attempts DAILY. We have thousands of blocked personal emails that sent customers SPAM because they were compromised. There is no way to 100% secure an infrastructure. You can get close, but no guarantees. All it takes is time.
critical US infrastructure is impregnable. The US outspends the rest of the world 10:1 on "defense"
China is hacking US companies all the time, no doubt. Russia as well, but they're not as interested a the big C. Iran is mostly going after US infra.
The point is, if a "cyber attack" occurs, it is because it was allowed, or the affected infrastructure is non-critical.
See: Cohencidental "cyber attack" which "shut down" US fuel pipeline.
critical US infrastructure is impregnable
NOTHING IS! You missed the point. If it's internet connected it can be breached, there is no perfect security. No amount of money can negate this simple fact.
Critical US infrastructure is not connected to external public networks
I agree nothing is perfect, (I should've said "virtually impregnable"). Short of all-out warfare, critical US infra is more than protected. ie. A nation-state like China would have to say "fuck it" and go balls deep into WWiII in order to cripple US infrastructure.
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