cybersecurity neglected

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Suzanne  Johnson <sjohnson () pobox com>
Date: October 15, 2004 6:45:23 PM GMT+01:00
To: dfarber () cs cmu edu
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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