An interesting aspect is how broken the Internet is (those dodgy routers and IP webcams, what other IoT devices can be exploited?), and how critical it actually is, if you can cripple a whole country's economy.
It's not really illustrative to call it a "whole country's economy". Liberia has the same population as LA but only one third of one percent of the GDP. So of course it's not going to be able to afford the protections that a typical country can.