Wednesday, November 29, 2006
CIA's Internet War Exercise Wraps Up Today
In the article CIA'S Internet War Excerise Wraps Up Today by the Associated Press they talk about how they are creating a new video game called "Silent Horizon". "It was meant to test the ability of government and industry to respond to escalating Internet disruptions over many months". It took place in Charlottesville Virginia. " CIA's little-known Information Operations Center, which evaluates threats to U.S. computer systems from foreign governments, criminal organizations and hackers, was running the war game. About 75 people, mostly from the CIA, gathered in conference rooms and reacted to signs of mock computer attacks". The article states that they are not have enough resources and determination to find the way to attack our computer systems."The government's most recent intelligence assessment of future threats through the year 2020 said cyberattacks are expected, but terrorists ''will continue to primarily employ conventional weapons.'' Authorities have expressed concerns about terrorists combining physical attacks, such as bombings, with hacker attacks to disrupt communications or rescue efforts".In our society today technology, such as the computer is very important to us. Its scary to think about someone taking our internets and hacking it.
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A good summary. How do we assess the size of this threat? Is our government taking this seriously enough or over-reacting?
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