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U.S. vulnerable to cyber attacks, White House official says

Reliance on the Internet has made the nation vulnerable to attacks by terrorists who strike through computers rather than with bombs or bullets, a White House security adviser said Thursday. “We could wake one morning and find a city, or a sector of the country, or the whole country have an electric power problem, a transportation problem or a telecommunication problem because there was a surprise attack using information warfare,” said Richard Clarke, the National Security Council adviser who heads counterterrorism efforts. Full Story