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October 12, 2012 06:40 pm GMT

Defense Secretary: U.S. Is at Risk of Crippling Online Attacks


When it comes to cybersecurity, the U.S. is now in a "pre-9/11 moment," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.

In his first ever speech on cyberpolicy, given to the Business Executives for National Security Group at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, Panetta said the U.S. military can now trace the origins of cyberattacks on computer networks and launch pre-emptive responses when assaults are detected.

However, the country risks a devastating attack against public utilities, trains or chemical factories, which the Pentagon is actively working to thwart. To do so, the department of defense is prepping rules for response, should cyberweapons threaten the count…
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