Letters to the Editor: Existential threats in the digital world

One reader says it’s not Putin’s nuclear button we should be worried about but his cyber button, while others call for the disinterment of Bishop Eamonn Casey and legislation to proscribe extremist groups

An order from the Kremlin could unleash attacks to 'bring Europe to its knees'.  Picture: AP

Last Friday’s global IT outage is another reminder of the fragility of our digital infrastructures worldwide and the potential for their disruption from cyber accidents but, more importantly, also from malicious cyberattacks.

Bluntly speaking it’s not Putin’s nuclear button we should be worried about, it’s his cyber button. Europe’s and Ireland’s digital infrastructures are dangerously exposed to Russian attacks. An order from the Kremlin could unleash attacks that would instantly bring Europe to its knees, wreaking unprecedented economic damage and social suffering.