Netflix
He is zero
New series, which marks Robert de Niro’s debut, is being a big hit on the platform. And the content raises questions.
A former US president is called the reform to find the origin of a lethal cyberatoque and eventually discovers a vast web of lies and conspiracies.
This is the synopsis of, the new mini-series of Netflix, that is already being a great success on the platform. It was last week.
The star is ROBERT DE NIROwho had never been a protagonist in a television series (except participation as a narrator in an Argentine series).
There is an event that cuts energy, phones, communications, financial systems. You USA are “dark” And thousands of people die. The world is in danger and the culprits can be the Russians – this part is not new.
Created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt, the question is already circulating: this Cyberataque to the US on a large scale… Is it really fiction?
There are parts that can happen in reality; but such an attack, perfectly realized, is already very unlikely.
The portal heard cybersecurity experts. James Mcquiggan explains that a cyber war “is usually more complex and methodical and takes place in the shadows long before the audience realizes. ”
The series even describes the correct way vulnerabilities inherent in critical infrastructure (energy, telecommunications) and reflects the real “Threats Advanced persistent ”with hackers to have prolonged access to systems.
However, it continues James Mcquiggan, the attack scale is not to be taken seriously: “A synchronized cyber attack that could overthrow the critical infrastructure of various sectors at the same time would require immense coordination, pre-existing access, and unprecedented sophistication.”
Another expert, Martin Jartelius, adds that cyberrataques are rarely so comprehensive or executed without any failure: “Cyber attacks rarely reach all systems simultaneously in various sectors, platforms and networks. Most physical systems can prevent total failure. ”
That is, in “day zero” References are missing to what happens in times of cybers: energy centers, meters or even nuclear plants have a manual form of replacing the systemmitigating the “cascade chaos” portrayed in the series.
Expert Chris Hauk talks about Artificial intelligence: One day they can make these attacks real – but, for now, no.
“AI can write source code on various operating systems, but we are not exactly at the point where malware can quickly learn to infect totally new systems,” Chris explained.
There is an aspect where the series hits: discover the responsible. In most cybers, it is really difficult to find out who the person was behind the scheme. Proxies, credentials stolen, false identities make the task very difficult.
With or without technical exaggeration, cybersecurity professionals agree: “day zero” leaves people and entities more pay attention to to this threat. Strengthening digital defenses is not a detail.
