from the washington post Robert Samuelson: Of Internet threats and cyberattacks - The Washington Post
Kizmet, it sounds like Robert Samuelson is just bitter because he realizes that the Washington Post is going the way of all other print media. Frankly, he'd better like the internet because that will soon be the only medium in which people will read his diatribes.
What's changed? Yes, crime has always stalked money. The internet has money attached to it in one form or the other so crime follows. Yes, we have cyber-warfare. Personally, I was more worried about nuclear warfare. Any business that does not have a backup plan for technology failure is not doing its risk management. Spying has always been with us and that's why we have security. The benefits to humanity by the dissemination of information far outweigh the risks. Nobody is isolated anymore. The global tribe can communicate with each other and that must prevent conflict arising from government disinformation. The assertions in the article are off the mark.