NATO sent in cyber experts to end the attack. Hackers could also target internal military IT systems, as in 2019 when the US disabled Iranian computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers. GPS navigation on military vehicles could be redirected. In the worst-case scenario, Russian hackers would target national infrastructure - essentially, a much larger version of the 2014 global WannaCry cyber hack, which left some GPs in the UK unable to access patient data. Banks, transport networks and power stations would be among potential targets. Cash point machines would fail, leaving consumers unable to access money. Passenger trains might even be derailed, some fear. After Russia hit Ukraine with a series of cyber attacks in the run-up to invasion, signs have already emerged that those efforts have spilled over into other countries. Cyber security company Symantec has said infections have spread into Latvia and Lithuania, both members of NATO and the EU. “Another risk is retaliatory cyber attacks or simply giving the West ‘something to do locally’, so they are not ‘too bored’,” he said. In a 2012 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, US president Barack Obama painted a bleak picture. “In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home,” Obama wrote. “Taking down vital banking systems could trigger a financial crisis. The lack of clean water or functioning hospitals could spark a public health emergency.
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