Showing posts with label Leon Panetta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leon Panetta. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2015

Is the world ready for a cyber 'Pearl Harbor?'

The man known as Mohammed Emwazi, "Jihadi John"
Carol Forsloff--Experts tell us the greatest threat to world security now is cyber terrorism; and with the uncovering of the identity of"Jihadi John," the ISIS member, Mohammed Emwazi, who beheaded citizens from a number of countries, the risk is underlined by the fact that he was studying computer sciences while becoming radicalized in Britain.  Is a cyber 'Pearl Harbor' possible?

The horror of beheading reminds us of the extreme measures used by terrorists to create fear.  But the perfect storm of problems can be caused by manipulating the money supply, power systems and government agencies by those with the sophistication with computers that can analyze and develop programs that are especially clever and difficult to detect.