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Andrew Futter roreworp By Lord Des Browne HACKING THE BOMB HACKING THE BOMB Cyber Threats and Nuclear Weapons ANDREW FUTTER Foreword by Lord Des Browne, Former Secretary of State for Defence and Former Secretary of State for Scotland, United Kingdom Georgetown University Press WASHINGTON, DC © 2018 Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for third-party websites or their content. URL links were active at time of publication. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Futter, Andrew, 1983— author. Title: Hacking the bomb : cyber threats and nuclear weapons / Andrew Futter. Description: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 20170355761 ISBN 9781626165649 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626165656 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781626165663 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Nuclear weapons. | Nuclear weapons--Security measures. | Hacking. | Command and control systems. | Cyberspace operations (Military science) | Information warfare. Classification: LCC U264 .F877 2018 | DDC 355.8/25119—dce23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017035576 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. 19 18 98765432 First printing Printed in the United States of America Cover design by N. Putens. For Rehana * CONTENTS Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton Acknowledgments Xi Introduction: WarGames Redux? Part I: The Nature of the Challenge What Exactly Do We Mean by the Cyber Challenge? \7 2 How and Why Might Nuclear Systems Be Vulnerable? 35 Part Il: What Might Hackers Do to Nuclear Systems? 3 Stealing Nuclear Secrets 55 4 Could Cyberattacks Lead to Nuclear Use or Stop Systems from Working? 3 Part Ill: The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus at the Strategic Level 5 ——Cyberdeterrence, Nuclear Weapons, and Managing Strategic Threats 95 6 A Cyber-Nuclear Security Dilemma, Nuclear Stability, and Crisis Management 111 Part IV: Challenges for Our Cyber-Nuclear Future 7 Nuclear Weapons Modernization, Advanced Conventional Weapons, and the Future Global Nuclear Environment 131 —- Vii- vill Contents Conclusion: Managing Our Cyber-Nuclear Future 149 Bibliography 161 Index 187 About the Author 197