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USA Today
September 13, 2001
Computer Network System At Risk For Terrorism
By Jon Swartz, USA Today
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal authorities and security experts fear the attacks on
the World Trade Center and Pentagon may lead to another wave of terrorism -
this time of the nation's computer network system. The U.S. needs to prepare
for an "electronic Pearl Harbor," warns Marv Langston, former deputy chief
information officer at the Defense Department. Security experts acted
quickly to blunt possible attacks.
The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center held an emergency
meeting Wednesday to analyze the threat of cyber-attacks. Details of the
meeting were not available.
Web-hoster Exodus Communications says its 44 Internet data centers worldwide
are continuing operations under heightened security. Exodus' Cyber Attack
Tiger Team is guarding against cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism. And
Riptech, which oversees computer-network security for hundreds of companies
worldwide, is on heightened alert.
An assault on computer and communication systems could cripple the United
States as badly as a physical attack, according to several Pentagon studies
in the 1990s. The attack could disrupt power plants, airports, water and
other systems dependent on computerized systems in vulnerable locations.
"Terrorists attacked our financial and political centers Tuesday. The
logical next step is to attack our computer infrastructure and hamper
e-commerce and communication," says security consultant Donn Parker, of
AtomicTangerine. "That would shake Americans daily lives."
More chilling: Although computer-related attacks require sophisticated
knowledge, information on how to disrupt computer systems and the Internet
is pervasive on Web sites and in chat rooms, Parker says.
Despite the fears, Riptech co-founder Elad Yoran says there have been no
signs of unusual computer-network activity since Tuesday.
Still, the threat of cyber-attacks increasingly has been the focus of
federal authorities before Tuesday's terrorist acts.
A cyber-attack could be imminent, and "that would be absolutely paralyzing,"
retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Al Edmonds, who is now head of Electronic Data
Systems' federal division, told Senate and House members in a panel on
cyber-security June 21.

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