-- The federal government has launched a cyber security "Manhattan Project"... because online attacks can be a form of "devastating warfare", and equivalent in damage to "physical destruction of the worst kind." Chertoff cited last year's denial-of-service attacks against Estonia, and hypothetical hack attacks on financial networks and air traffic control systems, as proof that a federal strategy was needed.
"Imagine, if you will, a sophisticated attack on our financial systems that caused them to be paralyzed," Chertoff said. "It would shake the foundation of trust on which our financial system works."
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