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US Intelligence Chief Warns of ‘Armageddon’ Cyberstrike
INN ^ | 9/11/2015, 10:19 AM | (Arutz Sheva Staff)

Posted on 09/11/2015 5:56:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai

US National Intelligence Director James Clapper on Thursday warned that America must be ready for a “large, Armageddon-scale” cyber attack, in remarks made at an annual conference of members of the US intelligence community in Washington DC.

“Cyber threats to US national and economic security are increasing in frequency, scale, sophistication and the severity of impact,” Clapper warned. “Although we must be prepared for a large, Armageddon-scale strike that would debilitate the entire US infrastructure, it’s not our belief that that’s the most likely scenario.” […]

In a sign of the rising concern over the trend of cyber warfare in the private sector as well, Microsoft just this Tuesday announced its purchase of an Israeli cybersecurity startup named Adallom.

Clapper also spoke on Thursday about the crisis of Syrian refugees fleeing into Europe from the internecine civil war ravaging their country. …

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adallom; cyberstrike; cyberwar; cyberwarfare; jamesclapper; refugees; syrianwar; worldwar3
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

ROFL!!! Funniest post of the night!


21 posted on 09/11/2015 6:57:36 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622

Good for you! Your experience with people quietly supporting you is a good example of how intimidated most people are by Political Correctness. It’s very sad and shameful.


22 posted on 09/11/2015 6:59:47 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.bama and Hitlery are simply Evil.)
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To: dp0622

Dont we have counter measures in place?


That’s a good question.

If the grid goes down, we’re really screwed. I think 90% would be dead within 3 months.


23 posted on 09/11/2015 7:03:23 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.bama and Hitlery are simply Evil.)
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To: Olog-hai; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


24 posted on 09/11/2015 7:03:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: laplata

If we are really this vulnerable we deserve to get hit.


25 posted on 09/11/2015 7:11:35 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: DonaldC

Other major countries are much better prepared.

All things considered, it’s amazing that the United States has lasted this long.


26 posted on 09/11/2015 7:13:24 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.bama and Hitlery are simply Evil.)
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To: laplata

You can make them from tallow leftover from the inedible parts of your leftist neighbors.


27 posted on 09/11/2015 7:19:07 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: Trod Upon

Good idea.


28 posted on 09/11/2015 7:20:05 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.bama and Hitlery are simply Evil.)
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To: Olog-hai

I have long supected that all the large scale hacks of American personal and financial data were done to gain access to all our personal and business financial information. The attack comes at 4:00 a.m. EST on a Monday morning. When we wake up we find out the balances in all our checking, savings and investment accounts are the same.

Zero.


29 posted on 09/11/2015 7:21:27 PM PDT by henkster (Ms. Clinton, are you a criminal or just really stupid?)
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To: Trod Upon

As long as you don’t mind the yellowish tinge and the sour smell...


30 posted on 09/11/2015 7:22:02 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: dp0622

He will eat you in a second.


31 posted on 09/11/2015 7:23:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Olog-hai

If we lose cyber capability we will lose the grid. If we lose the grid, nuclear plants start overheating and meltdown. Forget everything else that goes wrong if our grid gets taken out and think about nuclear meltdowns and prevailing winds. IIRC, it would take about a week before things begin blowing up.


32 posted on 09/11/2015 7:26:21 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Olog-hai

This will happen if a republican is elected president.


33 posted on 09/11/2015 7:53:02 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: BenLurkin
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34 posted on 09/11/2015 7:53:35 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: Olog-hai

These idiots we elected to run this country have left us exposed and vulnerable.


35 posted on 09/11/2015 8:07:30 PM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: Olog-hai

This clapper dude answers to Hillary


36 posted on 09/11/2015 8:12:06 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Personal Responsibility; All

Good critical summary.
Infosec is my field, and we’re living on a hope and a prayer.
Organizations are not taking Cybersecurity seriously enough.
True story:
Just conducted a risk assessment interview at one of the world’s largest multi-Billion dollar engineering consultant firm that manages operations at nuclear, chemical, petroleum plants around the world.
Q: I asked them how their ICS (Industrial Control Systems) / SCADA security posture was for the energy and chemical plants they manage around the globe.
A: Blank stare by Dir of IT.
Q: I asked how have their plant security assessment audits been going and how were they doing with keeping up on the vulnerability management of plant networks, servers, and control systems (valve, pump, sensor, wireless interfaces)
A: “I guess we should start doing that, huh.”
Simply terrifying.


37 posted on 09/11/2015 8:37:26 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: dp0622

Look on the bright side. At least your cat looks at you as a highly valued delicacy.


38 posted on 09/11/2015 9:01:44 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Olog-hai

We don’t think it will happen but we want to scare the crap out of you anyway. Talk about mixed messenging. :-)


39 posted on 09/11/2015 9:16:44 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have dropped)
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To: Awgie
These idiots we elected to run this country have left us exposed and vulnerable.

I am totally cynical, and believe they have done it on purpose.

40 posted on 09/11/2015 10:54:58 PM PDT by Mark17 (Heaven, where the only thing there that's been made by man are the scars in the hands of Jesus)
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