Could hackers devastate the U.S. economy?
In the latest “Die Hard” movie, “Live Free or Die Hard,” Bruce Willis reprises his role as Detective John McClane. This time, he fights against a shadowy criminal group that’s using Internet attacks to devastate America’s infrastructure. McClane must stop the gang and rescue his kidnapped daughter in the process. That plot description got us wondering: Is it really possible for a group of hackers to cause economic or physical devastation in the United States? Cyber security is becoming an important issue. Many media organizations and government officials rank it just as grave a threat as terrorist attacks, nuclear proliferation and global warming . With so many commercial, government and private systems connected to the Internet, the concern seems warranted. To add to the concern, consider that today’s hackers are more organized and powerfu
In the latest “Die Hard” movie, “Live Free or Die Hard,” Bruce Willis reprises his role as Detective John McClane. This time, he fights against a shadowy criminal group that’s using Internet attacks to devastate America’s infrastructure. McClane must stop the gang and rescue his kidnapped daughter in the process. That plot description got us wondering: Is it really possible for a group of hackers to cause economic or physical devastation in the United States? Cyber security is becoming an important issue. Many media organizations and government officials rank it just as grave a threat as terrorist attacks, nuclear proliferation and global warming. With so many commercial, government and private systems connected to the Internet, the concern seems warranted. To add to the conc
