The BBC is reporting the existence of seven individuals who were recently given the "keys" to the internet.

If it breaks, such as in the event of a global cyber attack, at least five of these seven people will be required to take their keys - actually smartcards - to a base in the US to boot it all up again.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/se...#ixzz0v5m1p6vc

Additional URLS referenced in the above
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/...00/8855460.stm

and
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...hold-keys.html

If the BBC can track down one of these guys, what could the Bad Guys (TM) do with him and his smart card?