Re: US 'unprepared for cyber 9/11'

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:06:53 -0600
From:                   "John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>

> Tell me exactly how any scenario of a "cyber 9-11" would entail
> anything on the scale of a loss of 3,000 lives. Hyperbole does not
> serve our industry well.

Ah, now here I can help out.

At the recent WCSF, we saw the actual video that the DHS produced in order to 
show the dangers to the infrastructure.  On the screen we saw a large piece of 
equipment.  After a few seconds, smoke started to come out of it.

(I guess you had to be there ...)

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