Silicon.com: War on terror spills into cyberspace (fwd)

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> Subject: [anoraks] Silicon.com: War on terror spills into cyberspace
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> | HEADLINE: War on terror spills into cyberspace
> | PUBLISHED: 12:15pm on Wednesday 10th October 2001
> | CHANNEL: Ebusiness security
> | AUTHOR: Heather McLean
> | SERVICE: http://www.silicon.com
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> | TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS:
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> | Bush determined to tackle cyber-terrorists on their own ground...
> |
> | President Bush has taken his anti-terrorism campaign to the internet 
> | with the appointment of a cyberspace security director.
> |
> | Richard Clarke, previously the man who warned of cyber-terrorist 
> | attacks on the US, will take up the position.
> |
> | Tim Pickard, strategic marketing director at RSA Security, said: "It's 
> | quite clear from 11 September that things have been in planning for a 
> | long time and it's very likely that terrorists have considered 
> | cyber-terrorism."
> |
> | A fact sheet from the US Department of State said in the event of a 
> | cyber-attack, Clarke will coordinate efforts to restore critical 
> | systems.
> |
> | Pickard added: "The aim of an attack would be to create as much 
> | disruption as possible. An attack on the stock market could cause 
> | certain stocks to sell. Overall our infrastructure is quite fragile, 
> | consider the oil crisis and the empty supermarket shelves it caused 
> | last year," he said.
> |
> | "It wouldn't take much to impact our infrastructure quite 
> | significantly," Pickard added.
> |
> | Clarke will be Bush's principle advisor on matters related to 
> | cyberspace security and will also serve as chairman of a 
> | government-wide board that aims to coordinate the protection of 
> | critical information systems.
> |
> | Clarke's appointment comes days after ex-Pennsylvania Governor Tom 
> | Ridge was made director of the Office of Homeland Security and retired 
> | Army General Wayne Downing became national director for combating 
> | terrorism.
> |
> | For related news, see:
> | Tasteless government email exploited US terror attacks 
> | http://www.silicon.com/48095 IT spend, spend, spend?
> | http://www.silicon.com/48046
> | Exclusive: IT spend set to rise
> | http://www.silicon.com/48022
> |
> | STORY ENDS
> |
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