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From Nextgov.com: Terrorists nearing ability to launch big cyberattacks against U.S.

By Jill R. Aitoro jaitoro@govexec.com October 2, 2009

The biggest threat to U.S. computer networks is terrorist organizations that will purchase software code from cybercriminals to penetrate sensitive systems, a possibility that could be just a few years away, information security and former intelligence officials said on Friday.

Read the full story on Nextgov.com.

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  • As the saying goes, the greed for money is the root of all evil. Why in the first place do we ask people abroad to do work for us that can easily be done at home. We have exposed so much of our technology abroad that it's just a matter of time when the people who wrote those computer software for us will ask the software to do the very opposite. Ben Brighton Posted October 26, 2009 4:06 PM
  • Christine, Praying wouldn't do it. We used to be the leader in almost everything the world had to offer. The problem is we as a country were sourced out. You source out the best of the rest, what is the result? Terrorist are not just what you have been told they are. There are emerging countries that our best of the best has been outsourced to and now they are using what we handed over against the American's. Do we lead in technology, medicine, education, infrastructure, inventions, production, etc, etc. When you give away technology to countries that believe “you keep your friends close but you keep your enemies closer” than we have a result that the American people are now facing. L Posted October 8, 2009 10:25 AM
  • The terrorists missed their window of opportunity. An attack on our financial systems would probably be welcomed by our homeless, jobless, uninsured, and tapped out citizens. Many people welcome an attack that wipes out all financial data and debt. The constant hacks into financial systems are probes and practice attacks working toward the destruction of all financial data. An attack on a nuclear plant or bioweapons lab would be a local tragedy. Wiping out all financial data puts the whole country in chaos with nothing except the cash in their pockets to survive on. Anthony Weishar Posted October 7, 2009 7:55 AM
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