14.03.2013 - 12:48 [ techdirt ]

Director Of National Intelligence Admits That There‘s Little Risk Of A ‚Cyber Pearl Harbor‘

We‘ve been pointing out for years that all the talk about „cyberattacks“ and „cybersecurity“ appear to be FUD, mostly designed to scare up money for „defense“ contractors looking for a new digital angle. And yet, we keep seeing fear-mongering report after fear mongering report insisting that we‘re facing imminent threats of such a dire nature that multiple people keep referring to this ridiculous concept of the „cyber Pearl Harbor“ which is going to happen any day now if we don‘t pass vaguely worded bills that will surely ramp up huge contracts.