DEF CON 31 - There Are No Mushroom Clouds in Cyberwar - Mieke Eoyang

This presentation will discuss the history of cyberwarfare, highlighting the misconceptions between nuclear deterrence and the nature of cyber conflict. It will shed light on this association in popular culture, including in movies like "WarGames," which influenced then President Ronald Reagan and fed his concerns about potential hacking into U.S. weapons systems. These concerns and other influences helped to shape early perceptions about the cyber domain, which immediately became intertwined with notions of strategic weapons and catastrophic effects. In subsequent …

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