As the United States’ private and public sectors increasingly leverage the Internet, the U.S. intelligence community fears that they are severely endangering the country’s critical infrastructure. On its own, neither the public nor private sectors can combat this threat, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress this week during an annual threat assessment briefing on national security. “Malicious cyberactivity is occurring on an unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication,” he said.
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US Intel Chief Paints Dark Picture of Cyberattack Defense
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 4, 2010 11:53 AMAs the United States’ private and public sectors increasingly leverage the Internet, the U.S. intelligence community fears that they are severely endangering the country’s critical infrastructure. On its own, neither the public nor private sectors can combat this threat, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress this week during an annual threat assessment briefing on national security. “Malicious cyberactivity is occurring on an unprecedented scale with extraordinary sophistication,” he said.