Cybersecurity

The internet is more fragile than you think 

Internet LAN cables are pictured in this photo illustration taken in Sydney June 23, 2011. Australia cleared a key hurdle on Thursday in setting up a $38 billion high-speed broadband system after phone operator Telstra agreed to rent out its network for the nation's biggest infrastructure project in decades.  REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - GM1E76N141M01

Powerful, but very delicate. Image: REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Vasileios Giotsas
Lecturer in Computing and Communications, , Lancaster University
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