GCHQ Spokesperson Says Cyber Terrorism Is ‘Not a Concern’

  • 21 October 2014
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Graham Cluley Oct 20, 2014
 
 http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bomb-170.jpgEver since September 2001, I’ve been asked by the media about the potential for terrorists to launch a devastating attack via the Internet.
To be honest, it’s not something I’ve lost much sleep about.
Yes, a terrorist could launch a denial-of-service attack, or write a piece of malware, or hack into a sensitive system, just as easily as the next (non-terrorist), but there is no reason to believe that an attack launched by a terrorist living in his secret HQ in the mountain caves of Afghanistan would be any harder to stop than the hundreds of thousands of other attacks launched each day.
 
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