[IP] cybersecurity neglected
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From: Suzanne Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 15, 2004 6:45:23 PM GMT+01:00
To: dfarber@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: cybersecurity neglected
Forbes article pointing out Cybersecurity issues:
http://www.forbes.com/global/2004/0920/104.html
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The most destructive terrorist act in history began with Islamic
radicals going to flight school and ended when they turned airliners
into flying bombs. As the third anniversary of Sept. 11 passes, the
next threat could be aNet threat:Solid evidence shows that al Qaeda
agents and other terrorists are trying to attain the online skills
needed to wage cyberwar. Terrorists could use the Internet to disrupt
the communications systems of the military's Pacific Command or turn
off the lights in Los Angeles or Chicago; they could open the massive
floodgates of Arizona's Roosevelt Dam or disable huge parts of the
World Wide Web.
Yet in the U.S. and elsewhere no urgent crusade has emerged to fix the
flaws. The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, signed last year by
President Bush, proposes a sweeping overhaul of U.S. networks. In it
the White House's former counterterrorism chief, Richard Clarke, urged
a wholesale reboot of government computer systems and new security
rules for electric utilities and Internet access providers. But few of
his proposals have been adopted, Clarke says. "All the regulated
industries--the electric utilities, the gas pipelines and oil
refineries, the water and transportation systems--are still vulnerable
to cyberattack."
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