How computer hacking is becoming Russia’s weapon of choice (theconversation.com)

Becoming? Has everyone been under a rock for the last decade and a half?

China and Russia hackers have been breaking into computers all over the Internet for quite some time.

I don't know when they'll ever reinstate the draft, but I do know that drafted kids will hack in the name of natsec. The govt definitely understands that getting as many kids to code as possible ("basic code literacy") today will pay off big time over the years. And when "code literacy" becomes part of standardized testing, don't forget I told ya so!