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US Defense Secretary Warns Of “Pearl Harbor” Cyber-Attack

June 18, 2012

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated he is “very concerned” about the chance of a major cyber attack on the United States that could bring down government and financial systems. The declaration came as part of his testimony to a congressional panel regarding the upcoming Defense Department budget.

Panetta compared the danger of the cyber-attack on America to that of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  (more…)