FBI Warns Congress of Terrorist Hacking

An anonymous reader writes "Robert S. Mueller III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), yesterday warned Congress of terrorist hacking. He believes that while terrorists haven't hacked their way into the U.S. government yet, it's an imminent threat. Mueller said, 'To date, terrorists have not used the Internet to launch a full-scale cyber attack, but we cannot underestimate their intent. Terrorists have shown interest in pursuing hacking skills. And they may seek to train their own recruits or hire outsiders, with an eye toward pursuing cyber attacks.'"

Comments

Re:The big boogeyman: the Terrorist!

[ShaunC]

$6.6 billion in hundred dollar bills literally "fell off a plane" and disappeared in Iraq; and that's something they'll actually admit to. Five trillion dollars is probably a bit much, but really, who knows how many billions have been pumped into the black hole of "anti-terror" technologies?

Re:The big boogeyman: the Terrorist!

[Rasperin]

Where did you get 5 Trillion? It is 500billion (which is still an incredible amount to claim when you consider the base budget for the department of defense and war activities is 676billion, I was going to throw a dhs document but this terrible source actually does a good job of putting everything into context: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/real-us-national-security-budget-1-trillion .)