Deadly Cyberattacks Highlight the Need for a Cybersecurity Upgrade

“The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-dam disaster was a cyberattack. You can characterize it as an accident in the nature of ‘friendly fire.’ But overall, this cascading wave of destruction was triggered by a bad computer command.  Sayano-Shushenskaya demonstrates the immense scope of destruction that can come from cyberattacks. Indeed, per Gen. Alexander, only nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction can cause more damage, faster, over wider areas. [..] In a speech at the National Press Club, Napolitano stated that the U.S. ‘will, at some point, face a major cyber event that will have a serious effect on our lives, our economy and the everyday functioning of our society.'”

http://dailyreckoning.com/deadly-cyberattacks-highlight-the-need-for-a-cybersecurity-upgrade/

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