On Wednesday — just as the NYSE was frozen — Cambridge university and Lloyds insurancegroup released a report suggesting that if a cyber assault breached America’s electrical grid,this could create $1tn dollars of damage. A few minutes later, James Comey, the FBI director,told Congress that it is struggling to crack encryption tools used by jihadis. In May, Mr Comeysaid Islamic terrorists were “waking up to the idea of using malware to attack criticalinfrastructure. It is scary stuff.
上周三,就在纽交所因故障暂停交易的时候,剑桥大学(University of Cambridge)和保险集团劳合社(Lloyd's)发布了一篇报告,称如果有一次网络攻击突破了美国的电网,将给美国带来1万亿美元的损失。几分钟后,美国联邦调查局(FBI)局长詹姆斯•科米(James Comey)告诉国会,FBI很难破解圣战分子使用的加密工具。科米在5月份表示,伊斯兰恐怖分子使用恶意软件攻击关键基础设施的意识“正在觉醒。真是可怕的事情。
The key issue that investors, politicians and voters need to ponder is not simply who might bethe next target, but whether Washington has the right system in place to handle theseattacks. The answer is almost certainly No.
关键问题是,投资者、政界人士和选民不仅需要考虑谁可能会是下一个目标,还需要考虑华盛顿是否已部署好能够应对这些攻击的合适机制。答案几乎毫无疑问是否定的。
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