The United States is at risk of a crippling cyber attack that could "wreak havoc" on the country because the "technological balance" makes it much easier to launch a cyber strike than defend against it, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said Tuesday.
Yeah, like you couldn't read this blog!
But seriously, as Fox News reports(you decide), a cyber attack would be devastating if it interrupted internet:
"Attacks against networks that control the critical infrastructure in this country ... could wreak havoc," Blair said. "Cyber defenders right now, it's simply the facts of the matter, have to spend more and work harder than the attackers do, and our efforts frankly are not strong enough to recognize, deal with that reality."
Think how much business gets done in this country via internet (email, ecommerce, VIOP, etc.). But that's not all that happening on the internet:
Blair also told Congress Tuesday that the Internet is providing the fuel for the growing problem of "homegrown radicalization."
"That ... has been one of the most dangerous uses of the Internet," Blair said, explaining that foreign groups are using the Internet to organize attacks, give instructions and arrange financing.
Which just goes to show, most any technology is a double-edge sword. It can be the must useful thing in the world, but it can also harbor dangers.
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