http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11563746/NSA-veteran-chief-fears-crippling-cyber-attack-on-Western-energy-infrastructure.html
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Houston
Telegraph.co.uk
26 Apr 2015
The West is losing the worldwide fight against jihadist terrorism and
faces mounting risks of a systemic cyber-assault by extremely capable
enemies, the former chief of the National Security Agency has warned.
"The greatest risk is a catastrophic attack on the energy infrastructure.
We are not prepared for that," said General Keith Alexander, who has led
the US battle against cyber-threats for much of the last decade.
Gen Alexander said the "doomsday" scenario for the West is a hi-tech blitz
on refineries, power stations, and the electric grid, perhaps accompanied
by a paralysing blow to the payments nexus of the major banks.
"We need something like an integrated air-defence system for the whole
energy sector," he said, speaking at a private dinner held by IHS CERAWeek
in Texas.
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