What do “experts” say about cyber attacks and the United States security and safety?
Although it seems that many US officials are not speaking publicly about the attack, emergency notices have been sent to federal agencies and departments advising them of precautions. Security experts warned last year, after a similar attack linked to China that American was more vulnerable to cyber-terrorism that any other form of conventional attack. According to Ullrich, chief technology officer for the private SANS Internet Storm Center, “It was a pretty massive attack. Nothing really terribly sophisticated. It just floods the websites,” “It prevents the websites from responding. They’re just overloaded with traffic.” However, according to Keynote Systems, (a mobile and website monitoring company located in California) which monitors 40 government sites in America, the US websites experienced a “significant outage.” Ben Rushlo, director of internet technologies at the firm, said of the transportation department site problems: “This is very strange. You don’t see this. “Having somet
