Re: US 'unprepared for cyber 9/11'

[John Bambenek <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>]

You'll pardon me if I see a slight difference of magnitude between 
sending a plane full of a hundred or so innocent people careening into 
an office building of many thousands at 500 miles per hour as slightly 
more important than cooking a transformer.

Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> Date sent:            Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:06:53 -0600
> From:                 "John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>
>
>   
> > Tell me exactly how any scenario of a "cyber 9-11" would entail
> > anything on the scale of a loss of 3,000 lives. Hyperbole does not
> > serve our industry well.
> >     
>
> Ah, now here I can help out.
>
> At the recent WCSF, we saw the actual video that the DHS produced in order to 
> show the dangers to the infrastructure.  On the screen we saw a large piece of 
> equipment.  After a few seconds, smoke started to come out of it.
>
> (I guess you had to be there ...)
>
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