Obama begins cybersecurity review

A review of how well the US thwarts spies and malicious hackers has been started by President Barack Obama.

The end result will be a strategy to improve the way the US defends itself against net-borne threats.

While campaigning, President Obama likened net risks to the threat of nuclear or biological attack.

Just who's he kidding, as far as I was aware a nuclear or biological attack usually means people die or get seriously hurt whilst a net attack means inconvenience or costs money to deal with

..... Of course, I was forgetting - it's the money that matters, people will replace themselves whilst the government cannot replace the money that was lost. Plus the side benefit that we may all be persuaded to accept monitoring and restrictions online so that the government can 'protect us' from this dire threat.

.... Now I understand!


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