INTERNATIONAL CYBERWAR 2033
“Please tap the world map and we’ll walk you through where we are,” said the secretary. The president did so, and the map filled her screen. “We have a situa- tion that is almost identical to the one we rehearsed after your inaugural last month,” Campbell said, his voice calm and confident. “Thanks to the leadership of the director of national intelligence, we’re ahead of the enemy.”
The DNI, Jill Scott, said, “Madam President, we’ve been training, tracking, updating, retraining and rehearsing the enemy cyberthreat for the past two years. Now, unfortunately, our predictions have come true. Thanks to the big data analytical tools developed by DARPA, we know with certainty what the enemy is planning, where they’re conducting their attacks, and we’ve developed three options for you to consider for counter- ing the threat. If you tap the red button in the upper left-hand corner, I can show you the action.”
On the president’s wrist screen map, an overlay of enemy action had appeared in red.
“If you’ll slide the time bar on the bottom backward—to the left—you’ll
see the
buildup over the last few months,” said the secretary of defense. Even though she was accustomed to whiz-bang technol- ogy, President Smith was still impressed with the way she could simply rewind time by sliding her finger over the display. “The red enemy actions will increase as you move forward to today. If you slide the time bar to the right, you’ll see the option your national security team recommends.”
Not only did the president see the past and the present, she could see the future her team had projected with option Alpha. While she knew it was the result
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of sophisticated software and hardware, it seemed so natural.
“We’re being attacked on at least 11 small war fronts,” said Scott. “The attacks range from low-key cyberprobes to the physical takeover of three of our allies. Let’s look stateside first. I’m zooming into Texas for you. Please touch Dallas. The city is with- out electricity. Now, I’m flying into the cloud farms outside of Las Vegas. They are aflame. Go to the FAA site in West Virginia. That site is burning, and thus all flights across the nation have lost contact with air traffic control.” The president slid from place to place on the screen, and automatically the display updated. Because of the training that she and her team had undergone, she was calm, ready.
“Overseas, now. Armed warriors are attack- ing the palace in Indonesia.” Each time the DNI named a new place, the display automatically flew there. “Go to Toronto. The reservoir north of the city has been contaminated with a chemical agent that makes the water unusable. Go to France. Areas within Paris are unable to use any payment system.”
Parisians not being able to shop was the least of their concerns at the moment, thought the president.
“At 1739 hours today,” said Scott, “ter- rorists launched a small-yield nuclear missile into space. The electromagnetic pulse from its detonation disrupted GPS coverage from three satellites. The loss of these satellites has impacted international banking, vehicle traffic, cellphone traffic and more.”
“Yet our network survives,” the president said.
“Correct,” said Peter Wilson, commander of U. S. Cyber Command. “The network
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