Those republicans are not doing much to stop it either. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Ohio mark <[email protected]>wrote:
> > 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. 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