Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet
My dad, who was a computer programmer all the way back in 1962, and his colleagues at NASA would warn about this. This is why they preferred a closed system for the space program's computers. In later years, as they would gather from time to time to play hearts, they would lament the whole notion of an Internet system that used public phone lines or something as vulnerable as "the cloud".
Not to get all Mr. Robot with the readers, but you have noticed the uptick in "inexplicable" power and radar outages at U.S. airports and train stations in recent months. This news doesn't linger in the media, which is not surprising as the current government has no plan to thwart it, but it's clear that someone is attempting to build a method to disrupt communications and transportation.