Former DoD official: U.S. ‘more and more vulnerable’ to cyberattacks
Vital U.S. industries like banking and telecommunications are more vulnerable than ever to cyberattacks; the military systems that ought to deter such incursions are themselves susceptible to hackers; and in any case, not all of the actors who will soon be capable of launching such destructive online strikes can be deterred. That’s the scary takeaway from remarks Tuesday by former Pentagon cybersecurity policy chief James N. Miller. “I don’t see the vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure peaking,” Miller told an audience at the Brookings Institution,”I see it going up and up and up.” The vulnerabilities that potentially affect the military — not only in Pentagon systems themselves but also in civilian ones like the power grid that the troops rely on — are getting so severe that Miller and his colleagues on the Defense Science Board believe U.S. security is at risk. “Down the road, I don’t see it as the case today, but down the […]
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