why worry about terrorists ruining our economy, when the dems are doing that already.
On Jan 10, 4:58 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 > Subject: Islamic Terrorists Could Destroy US and World Economies in > Seconds! > > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jerry > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:59 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* [terrorism-news] Fw: Islamic Terrorists Could Destroy U.S. and > World Economies in Seconds! > > *FBI: U.S. Facing Disastrous 'Cybergeddon' * > Islamic Terrorists Could Destroy U.S. and World Economies in Seconds! > Newsmax.com January 6, 2009 > > NEW YORK - Cyber attacks pose the greatest threat to the United States after > nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction -- and they are increasingly > hard to prevent, FBI experts said Tuesday. > > Shawn Henry, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division, told a > conference in New York that computer attacks pose the biggest risk "from a > national security perspective, other than a weapon of mass destruction or a > bomb in one of our major cities." > > "Other than a nuclear device or some other type of destructive weapon, the > threat to our infrastructure, the threat to our intelligence, the threat to > our computer network is the most critical threat we face," he added. > > US experts talk of "cybergeddon," in which an advanced economy -- where > almost everything of importance is linked to or even controlled by computers > -- is sabotaged by hackers. > > Michael Balboni, deputy secretary for public safety in New York state, > described "a huge threat out there" against everything from banking > institutions to municipal water systems and dams. > > Henry said that terrorist groups are working to create a virtual 9/11, > "inflicting the same kind of damage on our country, on all our countries, on > all our networks, as they did in 2001 by flying planes into buildings." > > An online attack of that scale has not yet happened in the United States but > computer hacking -- once something of a sport for brilliant delinquents -- > is rapidly evolving around the world as a tool of war. > > Russian hackers allegedly mounted huge assaults on Internet networks in > Estonia and Georgia last year, while* Palestinian sympathizers have > orchestrated attacks against hundreds of Israeli websites in the last few > days.* > > Following years of fighting online criminal groups, the Federal Bureau of > Investigation and other countries' security services know hackers as the > most elusive and innovative of foes. > > "It used to be we'd chase people around, literally carrying duffel bags of > cash," said Donald Codling, the FBI's cyber unit liaison with the Department > of Homeland Security. > > "Nowadays the guy can use his SIM chip and he can move money all over the > world and his confederates can withdraw that money from an ATM in a currency > of his or her choice. It's extraordinarily difficult for us to catch them." > > Codling, like other cyber crime fighters, expressed grudging admiration for > the skills of his adversaries, who he said are highly motivated and often a > step ahead. > > "What the Internet has allowed you to do is make all the human frailities > like greed, avarice and all those lovely things much more efficient," he > said. > > "We're seeing that the folks on the cutting edge of this tend to be the bad > guys. There's a financial reason for them to be good at this." > > Christopher Painter, an FBI specialist focused on building international > cooperation, described another basic weakness in the fight for cyber > security: the threat is largely invisible and therefore not always taken > seriously. > > "It's not like a fire," he said. "It's hard to get your head around the > threat. We often discover a company has been attacked and we tell them that > and they don't know." > > Copyright (c) 2009 Agence France Presse. 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