Terrorists On The Net? Who Cares?
from the not-such-a-big-deal dept
Over the past year we've posted a number of stories like this one, saying that the threats of a cyberterrorist attack are overblown. Can an attack still happen? Certainly, but the risk of it happening, and the likely damage it will cause, is well below the amount of money and effort being spent to prevent it. I'm not saying that we shouldn't beef up our cybersecurity, but people (mostly governments) need to take a more realistic view of what the risks are before going overboard with their response.
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