Considering the competency of the players involved, this is hardly comforting, given our administration’s addiction to socialist-wannabe, private industry domination….
The proposals, in Senate legislation that could be introduced as early as today, would broaden the focus of the government’s cybersecurity efforts to include not only military networks but also private systems that control essentials such as electricity and water distribution. At the same time, the bill would add regulatory teeth to ensure industry compliance with the rules, congressional officials familiar with the plan said yesterday.
Addressing what intelligence officials describe as a gaping vulnerability, the legislation also calls for the appointment of a White House cybersecurity “czar” with unprecedented authority to shut down computer networks, including private ones, if a cyberattack is underway, the officials said.
The very Barack Obama that campaigned on excessive intrusions by the Bush Administration, sure seems to love that “unprecedented authority” thing.
Here’s a great job for Kathleen Sebelius’ son or the son of that state politician who hacked into Sarah Palin’s government email account.
man..this is fuckin’ scary. I swear