I was reading CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s statement recently in which he warned that advanced artificial intelligence capabilities are rapidly evolving into the world’s next digital nuclear weapons. Intersection of modern cyberspace and physical security has created an environment where digital vulnerabilities can spark catastrophic real-world disasters. Nowhere is this frightening reality more evident than in India’s recent nuclear security lapses. Kudankulam previously suffered a cyber incident in 2019 when malware associated with a North Korean hacking group infected its administrative network. It is not improbable to say that we are in a new atomic age.