Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4509-1014531913-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:32:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 17455 invoked by uid 510); 24 Feb 2002 06:32:29 -0000 Received: from n31.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.81) by all.net with SMTP; 24 Feb 2002 06:32:29 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4509-1014531913-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.165] by n31.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Feb 2002 06:25:13 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: unknown); 24 Feb 2002 06:25:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 60820 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2002 06:25:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m11.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Feb 2002 06:25:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2002 06:25:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g1O6NHU13578 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:23:17 -0800 Message-Id: <200202240623.g1O6NHU13578@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:23:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Strong.warning.on.cyber-terror.-.By.Bobby.Cuza,.Newsday,.2/18/02] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Strong warning on cyber-terror - By Bobby Cuza, Newsday, 2/18/02 <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-0218cyberterror.story?coll=sfla%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-0218cyberterror.story?coll=sfla%2Dbusiness%2Dheadlines> Warning that we may be approaching "a digital Armageddon," Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday that the nation's computer infrastructure remains extremely vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt vital systems: everything from the power grid to 911 response systems to air traffic control. At a Manhattan news conference to tout proposed legislation that would assess such vulnerabilities, Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined several dire scenarios. The danger is most severe in New York, he said, because of the city's central role in technology and finance. "Our nuclear power plants, our phone lines, our water treatment plants, our banks, our airports, train stations are all vulnerable to attack," Schumer said. "That doesn't just mean e-mail won't work for a few hours. It means rolling blackouts. It means dead phone lines. It means immediate shutdown of the subways and buses. "To an individual, it could mean that your bank accounts could be wiped out," he continued. "It could even mean that they shut down the Northeast air traffic control system while thousands of planes are in the air." At a briefing in Washington last week, Richard Clarke, the president's special adviser for cyberspace security, told lawmakers that al-Qaida computer files recovered in Afghanistan indicated the terror network was using the Internet to locate key utilities in the United States, Schumer said. Worse, according to Schumer, Clarke told a Senate subcommittee some key systems, such as utilities and banks, may already have been penetrated. In addition, Clarke discussed intelligence reports that indicate cyberwarfare operations are now under way in nations such as Iran, Iraq and North Korea, Schumer said. Alan Paller, director of the System Administration, Networking and Security Institute, appeared at yesterday's news conference and described how until recently, security had been an afterthought when it came to training computer administrators. Schumer's legislation would establish a high-level task force to assess the system's vulnerabilities and red-flag its most glaring weaknesses. "You need to find the low-hanging fruit, the things that make it easy for them to get in," Paller said. Schumer said he hoped the task force would be a first step toward creating a centralized authority with the power to effect real change. "Somebody's got to go to the FERC [Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] and say, 'You must have your utilities do this.' None of that's happening now," he said. "Somebody's got to have the authority to do this, and our legislation is the first step to get there." Copyright © 2002, Newsday, Inc. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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