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http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-prefix-cyber-overused-1425427767

By DANNY YADRON and JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES
The Wall Street Journal
March 4, 2015

These days, CyberPatriots go to CyberCamps. Washington wonks ponder a 
Cyber Red Cross. Last week, the Director of National Intelligence told 
Congress a “cyber Armageddon” is unlikely. This week, CBS Corp. will 
premiere the latest iteration of its long-running cops and crime 
franchise, “CSI: Cyber,” whose protagonist describes herself as cybercop 
and is based, the network says, on a real-life cyberpsychologist.

For some, it is cyber-overload.

Stop using the word,” Alex Stamos, the chief information security officer 
at Yahoo Inc. told a “Cybersecurity for a New America” conference in 
Washington last week.

Earlier, Mr. Stamos quipped on Twitter that he had won “CyberBingo” at his 
table after a conference speaker warned of a “Cyber Pearl Harbor,” a term 
popularized by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in 2012.

Mr. Stamos isn’t brushing off computer intrusions in his quest to hack 
away at “cyber” usage. As the guy in charge of keeping prying eyes out of 
one of the world’s most popular websites, you could say he is obsessed 
with them.

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