I'm fairly certain weapon systems wouldn't be vulnerable either, as they are not connected to the internet. Nukes in particular are absolutely not connected to the internet, and the military uses its own private and heavily encrypted network(s) in combat. I'm also pretty sure that weapons when they are being manufactured are never hooked up to the internet either at any point.
Most of that article is nothing more then scare mongering. The amount of havoc that can be caused is in fact fairly limited. The private sector does become a bit more worrisome as then you may be able cause some damage (assuming the company is stupid enough to attach a critical system to the internet that can be controlled).
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