Thursday, July 06, 2006

U.S. vulnerable to 'cyber Katrina'

The United States is poorly prepared for a "cyber Katrina," with no coordinated plan for restoring and recovering the Internet after a major disruption, according to a new Business Roundtable report, released yesterday.

Despite efforts to address the problem, the federal government and private sector have not developed a coordinated plan for restoring the Internet and maintaining confidence in financial markets following a major breach in functioning.

(Via Beyond the Beyond.)

1 comments:

W.M. Bear said...

Re this idea, here is an interesting story -- maybe more suggestive of one of the "minor" pre-Katrina hurricanes that hit FL first:

Computer consultant hacked into FBI's classified system