RE: [ISN] Cyber terrorism is 'fantasy'

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Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:35:21 PST

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    Forwarded from: Rob Rosenberger <junkmailat_private>
    
      >>We need a clear cut definition of "destroy America".  Without
      >>that well-defined objective, this becomes an arguement that
    
      >>So, what's it mean, your statement?  What destroys Amerika?
      >>A "virus" (or maybe more applicably, a worm) that downs the
    
    A very good question.  Let's use White House fearmonger Richard Clarke
    as our bellwether.  After the twin towers fell, he went on the record
    to claim a coming cybergeddon will invoke "catastrophic damage to the
    economy [that is the] functional equivalent of 767s crashing into
    buildings."
    
    Someone please describe a computer virus or worm of this caliber.  
    Oh, and please remain within the state of the art.  We've got enough
    thorazine-deprived cyberfreaks already.
    
    Rob
    
    
    
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