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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday revealed that in the spring it suffered one of its largest losses ever of sensitive data in a cyber attack by a foreign government. It's a dramatic example of why the military is pursuing a new strategy emphasizing deeper defenses of its computer networks, collaboration with private industry and new steps to stop "malicious insiders."
At his Senate confirmation hearing last month, new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cited "a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor" could well be a cyber attack that cripples the U.S. power grid and financial and government systems
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
Guys I have been talking about that we have already been at war with China. Now I am not accusing China of this theft of US technology, but it could easily be a false flag to get more control over the internet. There is another thread about the Pentagon declaring war on cyberattackers. These guys are saying that they could cripple the financial and infrastructure systems. This is extremely ridiculous as a lot of these systems are on internal networks not connected to the internet.
They said this could be the next pearl harbor:
At his Senate confirmation hearing last month, new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cited "a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor" could well be a cyber attack that cripples the U.S. power grid and financial and government systems
Next pearl harbor guys; meaning new war.
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(visit the link for the full news article)edit on 14-7-2011 by THE_PROFESSIONAL because: (no reason given)
Many cyber attacks in the past have been blamed on China or Russia. One of the Pentagon's fears is that eventually a terrorist group, with less at stake than a foreign government, will acquire the ability to not only penetrate U.S. computer networks to steal data but to attack them in ways that damage U.S. defenses or even cause deaths.
In his speech at the National Defense University, Lynn said that sophisticated computer capabilities reside almost exclusively in nation-states, and that U.S. military power is a strong deterrent against overtly destructive cyber attacks. Terrorist groups and rogue states, he said, are a different problem and harder to deter.
"If a terrorist group gains disruptive or destructive cyber tools, we have to assume they will strike with little hesitation," he said.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by Ricola
You only have 30 stars little boy. Earn your respect around here since I am your father.
.edit on 14-7-2011 by THE_PROFESSIONAL because: (no reason given)
You are my father eh? I'm 100% certain you're not even half of what my father was. I don't use this site to gain stars, or start threads. I use this site because most news reported on here, goes unreported elsewhere. And when i see somebody claim we're at war with China, with no proof whatsoever of their involvement in the latest cyber scandal, I felt the need to alert readers of the inconsistencies that are in fact, consistent with your threads that you do make.