Once in awhile I read an amusing quote. There was one recently in an article by The Wall Street Journal reporting on the Pentagon’s first cyber strategy. Part of the plan warns nations of the consequences of attacking the U.S. by hacking computer systems. Hackers, supported by national governments, pose as significant a threat to U.S. nuclear reactors, subways or pipelines as a hostile country’s military.
An unidentified U.S. military official said:
“If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks.”
Previous attacks have originated from Russia and China but often both the perpetrator and impact are unclear.
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