[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Eugene Kaspersky believes that the evolving threat of “cyber terrorism” could spell the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Oh please. First of all, humans did quite nicely before electronic technology came along.

Second, humans do not represent all life on Earth. Human civilization will be affected, surely.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Eugene Kaspersky believes that the evolving threat of “cyber terrorism” could spell the end of life on Earth as we know it.

LOL! Well, those are HIS words, not mine... I would agree that it is hyperbole, except for the qualifier.. "as we know it". Certainly, things could be made MUCH different than what we know now.

Seriously... I think the power grid is very vunerable. Just losing power, broadly, in the US would be a first rate disaster.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Eugene Kaspersky believes that the evolving threat of “cyber terrorism” could spell the end of life on Earth as we know it.

LOL! Well, those are HIS words, not mine... I would agree that it is hyperbole, except for the qualifier.. "as we know it". Certainly, things could be made MUCH different than what we know now.

Seriously... I think the power grid is very vunerable. Just losing power, broadly, in the US would be a first rate disaster.

[varyouga]

“Oh please. First of all, humans did quite nicely before electronic technology came along. Second, humans do not represent all life on Earth. Human civilization will be affected, surely.”

I don’t like being the party-pooper but you have to understand that it’s not the loss of technology that is so frightening. It is the fact that we now have electronically controlled automatic weapons that can vaporize the entire surface of the planet several times over. As far as we know, this was never a part of world history until about 50 years ago. The internet for most citizens is less than 30 years old. The combination of the two can be utterly devastating.

It helps me sleep at night thinking that most of these systems are very very secure and completely separate from outside connections. But remember, it only takes the breach of one system by a suicidal hacker to start a global nuclear exchange. With the tiny wireless chips and drones of today, even an off-line system can be remotely compromised. Also, human stupidity is more vast than the universe…