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"U.S. Sees Threat of Information Warfare"
Washington Times (12/27/00) P. B7
The United States is becoming increasingly vulnerable to
information warfare as the nation's reliance on technology
grows, officials warn. Hostile governments, guerilla groups,
and criminal cartels could launch surprise digital attacks
designed to knock out critical systems such as
telecommunications, power grids, and financial networks.
Malicious groups "are doing reconnaissance today on our
networks, mapping them, looking for vulnerabilities," says
Richard Clarke, the top aide to President Clinton on
infrastructure protection and counterterrorism. Hostile
parties could easily unleash large-scale versions of the
distributed denial-of-service attacks that brought down
leading Web sites such as eBay and Amazon.com in February,
Clarke says. Meanwhile, the National Security Council hosted
its first Cyberincident Steering Group meeting on Dec. 18,
with the goal of encouraging the government and private sector
to work together on cybersecurity. Conference attendees
discussed ways to address the threat of information warfare,
such as developing a rapid response system and improving
cooperation between government and the private sector. Also
drawing attention to information warfare, the CIA and other
intelligence groups last week released a report saying that
the nation's enemies are more likely to launch a cyberattack
or threaten the use of biological or nuclear arms than to
attempt traditional combat with the U.S. military.
http://techPolice.com
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