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Security chief issues warning
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:12:03 -0600 (CST)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16195.html By EMILY J. HOGAN THE HARVARD CRIMSON 12/4/08 At the dawn of a new political administration, the United States faces evolving security threats that must be addressed through dynamic intelligence practices, the director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell, said in a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday. "With weapons of mass destruction that could result in the death of many, many people - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons - we assess the likelihood of each," said McConnell, who became the second director of national intelligence in 2007. "The likelihood of nuclear attack is less but is not eliminated." Cyberterrorism is yet another rising danger, McConnell said. "The cyber threat is the soft underbelly of the United States," McConnell said. "The United States depends on the cyber infrastructure more than any other on earth." He said that the American financial system is especially vulnerable to a type of cyberterrorism he referred to as "data destruction." [...] _______________________________________________ Help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.html
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