U.S. Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks, Researchers Say
Security experts fear that the U.S. may be vulnerable to such an attack, especially since we have come to rely on the Internet for banking, business correspondence, and yes even waging war.
Preventing these attacks poses a unique challenge to security experts, since attacks can be launched by just a few individuals from the far-flung reaches of the globe. Though the government fights off cyber-attacks everyday, protecting against a coordinated attack may prove difficult. Researchers launched an experimental attack last year that caused a generator in Idaho to self-destruct, prompting panic about the effects of such offensives on our infrastructure.
The openness and connectedness of the Internet, which make it an invaluable resource, are also the very things which make it so vulnerable to attack. Fighting this new type of war is going to be a particularly difficult challenge for modern governments, especially when considering the lack of standard global laws for combating cyber-terrorism. [From: CNN]
