IP: Teenage hacker gets nuked?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Denis Russell <Denis.Russell () ncl ac uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:09:15 +0000
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Teenage hacker gets nuked?

 From NewsScan Daily, 15 February 2002 ("Above The Fold")

> RESPONSE TO CYBERATTACK ON U.S. COULD INCLUDE MILITARY ACTION
> White House technology advisor Richard Clarke told a Senate Judiciary
> subcommittee that a cyberattack on the United States would be answered "in
> any appropriate way: through covert action, through military action, any one
> of the tools available to the president." Clarke pointed out that a serious
> cyberattack is almost inevitable from the nation's enemies, because it is
> cheaper and easier than a physical attack. Senator Charles Schumer (D, NY)
> pointed out the potentially serious consequences of a successful attack over
> the Internet: "A well-planned and well-executed cyberattack wouldn't just
> mean the temporary loss of e-mail and instant messaging. Terrorists could
> gain access to the digital controls for the nation's utilities, power grids,
> air traffic control systems and nuclear power plants." (AP/USA Today 14 Feb
> 2002)
> http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/14/cyberterrorism.htm


Careful what your kids are doing on their computer in their bedroom -
they could get you nuked. :-(

Hope the Pentagon doesn't make any (well, too many anyway, nobody's
perfect) mistakes in identifying the source of such hacking attacks...

Denis.


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