Panetta's Cyber Warning: 'This Is a Pre-9/11 Moment'
Panetta directing Pentagon to begin ramping up network-security efforts. - The Pentagon is mobilizing its cyberwarfare arsenal in preparation for a massive assault on U.S. networks that could "paralyze the nation," said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta. "A cyber attack perpetrated by nation states or violent extremist groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11," Panetta said Oct. 11 in a speech to corporate leaders of Business Executives for National Security, a nonpartisan group. The nation today faces the cyber equivalent of a "pre-9/11 moment," he said somberly.
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