Carrie
11-05-2004, 12:09 PM
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By Reuters
November 5, 2004
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Future wide-scale terror attacks will be executed by a person sitting behind a computer, not necessarily by a suicide truck bomber or plane hijacker, a U.S. lawmaker predicted on Thursday.
Counterterrorism agents are grappling with a new type of security threat--a malicious piece of computer code capable of disabling the world's critical infrastructure, from power grids to air traffic control networks.
"If you're a terrorist, you don't even need the bombs. If you can control the (power) grids, if you can do it from a computer somewhere, you can do a lot of damage," U.S. congressman Tom Davis, a co-chair of the U.S government's Information Technology Working Group, said.
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By Reuters
November 5, 2004
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Future wide-scale terror attacks will be executed by a person sitting behind a computer, not necessarily by a suicide truck bomber or plane hijacker, a U.S. lawmaker predicted on Thursday.
Counterterrorism agents are grappling with a new type of security threat--a malicious piece of computer code capable of disabling the world's critical infrastructure, from power grids to air traffic control networks.
"If you're a terrorist, you don't even need the bombs. If you can control the (power) grids, if you can do it from a computer somewhere, you can do a lot of damage," U.S. congressman Tom Davis, a co-chair of the U.S government's Information Technology Working Group, said.
Full Story (http://news.com.com/Lawmaker+Beware+of+cyber-Pearl+Harbor/2100-7348_3-5440377.html?tag=cd.top)