3 chapters across the catalog
Ted Koppel's "Lights Out", Electrical Grid Vulnerability
Former Nightline anchor Ted Koppel promotes his new book, "Lights Out," which warns of a catastrophic cyber attack on the U.S. electrical grid. Koppel cites warnings from Leon Panetta regarding a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" and criticizes the government's lack of a plan for a long-term power outage.
Anne Barron-DeCamille of DHS/CERT discussed the OPM breach using a severity scale, labeling the impact as "significant." While Representative Walberg used the term "Cyber Pearl Harbor," the DHS official preferred technical terms like "exfilled" data. The discussion focuses on how the stolen data could be correlated with other sources to impact the security environment.
Eric Holder, Cyber Pearl Harbor and Chinese Hacking
Attorney General Eric Holder stated that American companies are divided into those that know they have been hacked and those that do not. Security experts at the Poneman Institute claim companies are often compromised for an average of 253 days before detection. The government is warning of a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" while specifically accusing the Chinese government of stealing industrial research and development data.
