The Internet was designed in a way that would allow it to withstand missile attacks. That was cool, but it resulted in an unintended side effect: it made it more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Alan Turing, the intellectual father of the modern computer, had a theory. He believed that one day machines would become so powerful that they would think just like humans. He even devised a test, which he called "the imitation game," to herald the advent of computers that were indistinguishable from human minds.