ThomasRidFormer director of national intelligence Michael
McConnell recently warned that the U.S. “is fighting a cyberwar
today, and we are losing.” Is McConnell right? Is the U.S. losing a
cyberwar? In his intriguing new book, Cyber War Will Not Take
Place, Thomas Rid, a War Studies scholar at King’s College in
London, argues that we are not currently engaged in a
cyberwar, and indeed that such a “war” is unlikely ever to take
place. Rid is a careful thinker who believes that the public and
policymakers are being misled about the magnitude of harm that
cyberattacks can inflict. Reason Science Correspondent
Ronald Bailey thinks he’s right.

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