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Hacking More of a Threat than Terrorist Attack:

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Washington (CNN) -- Cyberattacks pose more of a threat to the United States than a land-based attack by a terrorist group, while North Korea's development of a nuclear weapons program poses a "serious threat," the director of national intelligence told Congress on Tuesday.
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This is the first time land based terrorist attacks dropped on the list of serious threats and cyberattacks rose to the number one spot. Well it's about time. Who thinks this is just because all the celebs and politicians just got hacked?? It wouldn't surprise me because, hacking has been a huge threat for decades now. They are just starting to care now?? Of course, when it's them being personally targeted now they care!

Link to story ~> http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/12/us/threat-assessment/index.html
 
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Open systems without encryption = hacker's dream. ;)
 
How many people can you kill over a computer?
 
SJ-10 said:
How many people can you kill over a computer?
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A whole bunch of the world's governments, including our own, are trying to figure out how they can set just such a record.
 
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