GUEST OPINION: Netflix’s Zero Day delivers a gripping cyber thriller, dramatising a large-scale attack on U.S. critical infrastructure. It’s suspenseful, and packed with high-level political intrigue, but like any Hollywood production, it bends the truth to fit the narrative. Robert De Niro’s character, former President Mullen, makes a statement early in the pilot that feels eerily close to reality:
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