Download Anatomy of a Hack An Exploration of the Effects of Asymmetric Attack

Any threat, which is disproportionate, such as the risk of a small group attacking a large country or a few individuals killing thousands is described as asymmetric. The perpetrators of terrorism on the US were a group of individuals with different nationalities and a common cause. About 20 of them ended up killing about 3,000 as per the new revised figures. The ratio is 1:150. All the power of a nation state cannot deal with the speed and stealth of such a small sophisticated and motivated team mounting an asymmetric attack.