A simulation of a widespread cyberattack against the nation’s critical infrastructure on Tuesday demonstrated the cascading effects an attack can have on networks and the difficulty the government would have in quickly responding, including dealing with civil liberties and how to work with corporations.The Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit group founded in 2007 by former senate majority leaders, staged Cyber Shockwave, a fictional cyberattack that first targeted wireless telecommunications networks.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100216_5378.phpAlso see:Group Simulates Cyber Attack
Intelligence experts playing a cyber war game Tuesday to test America’s readiness for a nationwide hack faced a simulated crisis that crippled America’s power grid – trouble that started with a cell phone virus.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/02/group-simulates-cyber-attack.phpWar game reveals U.S. lacks cyber-crisis skills
Scene: The White House Situation Room.Event: A massive cyber attack has turned the cellphones and computers of tens of millions of Americans into weapons to shut down the Internet. A cascading series of events then knocks out power for most of the East Coast amid hurricanes and a heat wave.Is the assault on cellphones an armed attack? In a crisis, what power does the government have to order phone and Internet carriers to allow monitoring of their networks? What level of privacy can Americans expect?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605762.htmlU.S. Fails Test In Simulated Cyberattack
A large-scale simulated cyberattack on the U.S. yesterday proved one thing, according to organizers: The country isn’t prepared for a real attack.In a press release issued today, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) — which organized “Cyber Shockwave” using a group of former government officials and computer simulations — concluded the U.S is “unprepared for cyber threats.”
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Simulation shows government lacks policies needed to respond to cyberattack
A simulation of a widespread cyberattack against the nation’s critical infrastructure on Tuesday demonstrated the cascading effects an attack can have on networks and the difficulty the government would have in quickly responding, including dealing with civil liberties and how to work with corporations.