Critical condition: Utility infrastructure
When the FBI’s Steven Chabinsky spoke recently to Congress, he shared a harrowing message, reports Angela Moscaritolo.
Individuals with ties to al Qaeda are interested in attacking United States critical infrastructure systems, Steven Chabinsky, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee in Nov. 2009. Terrorists have recognized vulnerabilities in the computer systems that control critical U.S. infrastructure systems, which could be leveraged to launch a devastating attack against our country, he said.
The FBI knows about and is investigating these individuals, he added, and have found that, currently, terrorist organizations do not have the high level of cyber-sophistication needed to launch such an attack. However, they are interested in developing their hacking skills.
See Critical condition: Utility infrastructure, by Angela Moscaritolo for SC Magazine.
Tags: cybersecurity, infrastructure, terrorism, utility infrastructure
