Countdown to Zero Day

Countdown to Zero Day

Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter

Tempo Gradient

Decision-making speed determines conflict outcomes.

The advantages of a cyberattack over other forms of attack were many. A digital bomb could achieve some of the same effects as a kinetic weapon without putting the lives of pilots at risk. It could also achieve them covertly in a way a physical bomb could never do, by silently damaging a system over weeks and months without being detected.