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- Paul - On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Larry Seltzer wrote: > From the just-introduced Rockefeller-Snowe bill (U.S. Senate S.773) > (http://www.infracritical.com/papers/cybersec4.pdf > ): > > 2(10) According to the National Journal, Mike McConnell, the former > Director of National Intelligence, told President Bush in May 2007 > that if the 9/11 attackers had chosen computers instead of airplanes > as their weapons and had waged a massive assault on a U.S. bank, the > economic consequences would have been ‘‘an order of magnitude > greater’’ than those cased by the physical attack on the World Trade > Center. Mike McConnell has subsequently referred to cybersecurity as > the ‘‘soft underbelly of this country.’’ > > I read this and I have to ask, basically, WTF does this mean? On top > of it not being within the capabilities of Al Qaeda to do such a > thing, I have to wonder what they could really have done. > > Larry Seltzer > eWEEK.com Security Center Editor > http://security.eweek.com/ > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
