"The former head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, warned ... that the low cost and relative ease for states and non-state actors to conduct cyberattacks pose among the gravest security threats in the world. Tamir Pardo, who spent more than three decades in the intelligence service before being tapped to lead it from 2011 to 2016, also [said]... that Washington may be ill-prepared to respond to a large-scale cyber attack on infrastructure or other critical targets... With 'let's say, 1%' of the cost of a fighter jet, Pardo argued, 'you can create a mess around the world.'... 'Every kid on this planet can be a threat,' he told Morell. 'You're going to find it within states. You're going to find it within criminal gangs. You're going to find it, let's say, in order to get some [economic gains].' Faith that governments -- including in the U.S. -- can respond to attacks in a timely and effective way may also be misplaced, Pardo said. 'I just say – God forbid – that on a hot summer day, [after a] cyber attack, pressure [in] the water pipelines in California will drop to zero,' he said. 'Thinking that the federal government will assist, solve the problem -- it's not even a dream.'..." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-mossad-director-says-cyber-poses-biggest-threat-to-free-world/