Fidel: hacker
Dennis
dperrin13 at mediaone.net
Fri Feb 9 08:33:01 PST 2001
> Admiral Tom Wilson, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, says the
> 74-year-old communist dictator may be preparing a cyberattack against
> the United States.
>
> Wilson told the Senate Intelligence Committee during a public hearing
> Wednesday that Castro's armed forces could initiate an "information
> warfare or computer network attack" that could "disrupt our military."
>
> The panel later went into closed session to discuss classified
> material.
>
> Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked in response: "And you would say that
> there is a real threat that they might go that route?"
>
> Replied Wilson: "There's certainly the potential for them to employ
> those kind of tactics against our modern and superior military."
>
> He said that Cuba's conventional military might was lacking, but its
> intelligence operations were substantial.
A cyberattack? That's it? When will Fidel poison crops and livestock in the
Gulf Coast states? When will he blow up factories in Florida and Louisiana?
The old guy's getting soft.
DP
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