IHT: Qaeda cyberterror called real peril

"U.S. analysts believe that by disabling or taking command of the floodgates in a dam, for example, or of substations handling 300,000 volts of electric power, an intruder could use virtual tools to dam, for example, or of substations handling 300,000 volts of electric power, an intruder could use virtual tools to destroy real-world lives and property. They surmise, with limited evidence, that Al Qaeda aims to employ those techniques in synchrony with "kinetic weapons" such as explosives." Everything is wide open. Our culture has been wide open, based on the prophesies of our understanding of closed societies, like USSR and the book "1984."

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