Destructive network attacks coming, warns US cyber commander
2011-09-15 11:27 by Daniela
Tags: security
According to Army Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, a cyber-attack that does real-world physical damage to the United States is on the horizon. "It's coming in my opinion. It is a question of time. People say, 'that's two years out,' or 'that's five years out.' What we don't know is how far out it is — an attack in cyberspace," the general told a US conference on cyber warfare. It could be against physical infrastructure like power grids or dams. Or it could be against mobile platforms or other sectors of the economy. "We don't know what it will be". "We were the country that developed the Internet, the iPhone, the iPad [and] some of these other great technologies. We ought to be the first to secure it. That's our concern about what's coming in cyberspace - a destructive element". The US government is adopting an "active defence" strategy aimed at bolstering the readiness of computer networks to respond. Read more -here-
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