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« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2010, 11:47:07 AM »

It just keeps getting better!

"Can we make people download protections for their own computers?"

Are they referring to industry or Joe User?  I would assume industry.  I can see the writing on the wall here.  Let's mark power and telecommunications as national infrastructure and then regulate security.  (That does not sound too bad, it will keep us employed.)
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« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2010, 11:52:33 AM »

http://img110.yfrog.com/i/fc2s.jpg/

Picture showing the cellular outage, courtesy of Security Humor, http://twitter.com/SecurityHumor.
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« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2010, 05:18:14 AM »

This coming Saturday and Sunday at 8PM, CNN will broadcast a documentary on a mock cyberattack against the United States.

Fact Check: Cyberattack threat

By Jim Dexter, CNN

February 16, 2010 6:42 p.m. EST

Networks of "critical infrastructure owners and operators" already endure repeated cyberattacks, the CICS says.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

*   Most U.S Internet executives in survey expect "major cyberincident" within two years
*   Think tank's Robert Knake: Economic impact of major cyberincident may be limited
*   Knake compares potential impact to that of 2003 Northeast blackout
*   Knake: Nations that have ability to deliver devastating cyberstrike have much to lose
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