Dennis Blair – Director of National Intelligence – Yesterday Before the US Senate

Posted by admin on 5/Feb/2010 in In The News, Security Alert Log | 0 comments

“Malicious cyberactivity is occurring on an unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication,” he told the committee.

There are growing concerns among American intelligence officials about the calamitous potential of a well coordinated attack on the United States IT Infrastructure. this type of attack could result in what is often referred to as a “cyber-Pearl Harbor.”

Mr Dennis Blair said that the recent increase in cyberattacks citing the penetration of Google’s servers from within China, was a “wake-up call” for anyone wanting to diminish or dismiss the threat of computer warfare.

“Sensitive information is stolen daily from both government and private-sector networks, undermining confidence in our information systems, and in the very information these systems were intended to convey”.