Post by SOL Owner on Dec 20, 2015 10:21:52 GMT -6
The DOOMSDAY plan: Military bosses reveal survival system that is in place if America's power systems are wiped out by cyber attacks
The US is at an ever growing risk of a cyber attacks, with energy infrastructure likely to be hackers' prime target.
This was the stark warning made by General Keith Alexander, the retired general and former chief of the National Security Agency, earlier this year.
Now, the Pentagon says it has a plan to do something about the threat.
Its research division, Darpa, has launched a new program to target security threats that have the potential to wipe out all of America's power systems.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3366563/The-DOOMSDAY-plan-Military-bosses-outline-survival-America-s-power-systems-wiped-cyber-attacks.html#ixzz3usXjZyTM
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The US is at an ever growing risk of a cyber attacks, with energy infrastructure likely to be hackers' prime target.
This was the stark warning made by General Keith Alexander, the retired general and former chief of the National Security Agency, earlier this year.
Now, the Pentagon says it has a plan to do something about the threat.
Its research division, Darpa, has launched a new program to target security threats that have the potential to wipe out all of America's power systems.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3366563/The-DOOMSDAY-plan-Military-bosses-outline-survival-America-s-power-systems-wiped-cyber-attacks.html#ixzz3usXjZyTM
Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3366563/The-DOOMSDAY-plan-Military-bosses-outline-survival-America-s-power-systems-wiped-cyber-attacks.html