The economic threat from cyberwarfare

The Ukraine war has sent the risk of Russian cyberattacks on the West soaring up the agenda, with an attack on critical infrastructure potentially bringing whole economies to a halt. In most cases, a few days of disruption would not actually put much of a dent in GDP. A key exception would be if an attack on the financial system triggered a systemic financial crisis.

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