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Old 04-09-2009, 06:28 PM   #11
classicman
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Former CIA operative Robert Baer:
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"Their foreign intelligence service has been probing our computers, our defense computers, our defense contractors, our power grids, our telephone system. ... I just came from a speech at the national defense university and they were hit by the Chinese trying to get into their systems," Baer said.

"They are testing and have gotten in portals. It's a serious threat."
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President Obama has started a 60-day review of all the nation's efforts at cybersecurity...
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The Defense Department said last year that military installations are "highly vulnerable" to threats to the grid.
I think I'll take the opinions of those who actually know something about this than some blowhard on the internet.

This is a serious concern.
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