This National Guard unit went completely analog to simulate a cyber attack

This National Guard unit went completely analog to simulate a cyber attack

Airmen were sent running half a mile across base with sticky notes to alert the operations team of the details for the C-130 takeoff. When the aircraft arrived to airdrop of water and ammunition to troops in combat, ground crews sent up smoke signals to alert pilots that they were engaged with the enemy. Back at home base, it was “controlled chaos,” a pilot said. It’s what happens when all forms of electronic communication are wiped out. It was …