‘What if?’ scenario: Cyberwar between US and China in 2020
Fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute projects what might happen

BY FRANZ BROTZEN AND DAVID RUTH
Rice News staff

Iran’s attack last fall on a nuclear plant and Chinese-based hackers’ attack on Morgan Stanley in February demonstrated how the Internet can wreak havoc on business and governments. Now a new paper by a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hypothesizes what an all-out cyberwar between the U.S. and China might look like.

	CHRISTOPHER BRONK

To date, the cyberattacks in East Asia have been relatively benign, said Christopher Bronk, author of “Blown to Bits: China’s War in Cyberspace, August