ISIS Cyber Threat To US Under Debate

Kelly Jackson Higgins  Posted on 9/24/2014
 
ICS/SCADA systems and networks hackable but not easily cyber-sabotaged without industrial engineering know-how, experts say.
 Amid fresh threats by ISIS against the US and its allies this week, worries of what the well-financed and social-media savvy militant group could do in the cyber realm has triggered debate over whether ISIS ultimately could or would disrupt US critical infrastructure networks.
ISIS has made no specific threats to US critical infrastructure, and no one knows for sure whether the militant group has any plans for a cyber attack against US interests or even the technical capabilities to pull it off. Even so, US officials are keeping a watchful eye on ISIS' movements in the digital realm:  NSA director Michael Rogers last week hinted that the agency is monitoring this. "We need to assume there is a cyber dimension in every area we deal with," Rogers said in a speech at a Washington conference.
 
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