U.S. Used Cyberweapons to Assist in Attack on Venezuela

The cyberattack that plunged Venezuela’s capital into darkness was one of the most public displays of offensive U.S. cyber-capabilities in recent years. It showed that at least with a country like Venezuela, whose military does not have sophisticated defenses against cyberattacks, the United States could use cyberweapons with powerful and precise effects, including to interfere with air defense radar.