After working for years to prevent cyberterrorist attacks on the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security has approached the private sector for help. At a talk given to information security professionals at the RSA Security Conference, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warned that a cyberterrorist attack would hurt the U.S. as much as the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001. Citing the denial of service attack that shut down Estonian government computers last year, Chertoff said the Internet enables terrorists to increase the damage they cause.
April 09th 2008