Hackers? Success in Causing Utility Blackouts Gets CIA’s Attention, Increases Need for Security
Uniloc USA Inc., the technology leader in device-based authentication, today announced that the need for bullet-proof security technology is more acute than ever due to hackers blackmailing cities by threatening to shut off power. The threat from hackers is so great that the CIA has launched a global hunt for the hackers who are running a huge extortion plot, according to reports.
?Hackers have already proven that they can disrupt the utilities by causing blackouts in several cities outside the United States? said senior CIA analyst Tom Donohoe in an interview this month with UK-based newspaper, The Daily Mail.
Terrorists don’t have to use bombs to attack us. They can cripple the economy and disrupt lives with the click of a mouse. In a report1 by CNN regarding the impact of a large cyber attack on U.S. infrastructure, Scott Borg of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit said, ?It?s equivalent to 30 to 50 large hurricanes striking all at once. It?s greater economic damage than any modern economy has ever suffered.