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Great article.
I wonder if the reported death of Mojtaba Ahmadi, Iran's reported cyber warfare commander, would be the first open source casualty in the crossover of cyber to kinetic warfare realms?
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the US announced that cyber attacks directed against the US may constitute use of force up through and including a nuclear response.
Which I reckon is a good idea considering Pandora's Box has clearly been opened with the Stuxnet point of reference.
I think it's easily within the realm of possibility that bad guys with exceptional strategic cyber bomb making talent will need to be hunted and targeted much like bad guys with exceptional tactical/operational IED bomb making talent.
I'm less worried about peer state versus near peer state cyber warfare due to MAD vulnerabilities than I am about a well resourced independent or proxy opponent with real talent.
The asymmetric nuclear threat is real, but it's threat to me personally and directly WAY down here is probably quite low.
But I would rate the likelihood of a cyber threat having a significant direct/indirect threat to my way of life due to the likelihood of it cascading around the world as possibly quite high.
Becoming aware of collection capabilities, opportunities, and vulnerabilities, when traveling thru/to the usual suspects, has led to changes in my use of technology.
Just my 0.02c
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