Washington D.C. - A former U.S. cyber-security official said the United States should not go to war because of the country's vulnerability to cyberattacks.
"If I were advising the President, I would warn against fighting other countries because many of them could react via cyber-attacks capable of destroying power grids, bank networks, or transportation systems." These are the words of Richard Clark, who advised three Presidents and joined several military and civilian experts in assessing the country's cyber-security.
He continued "the U.S. military is entirely dependent on computer systems
and could end up in a future conflict in which troops trot out onto a
battlefield and nothing works."
Clarke said several more things such as "the entire us economic system could be crashed in retaliation ... because we can't defend it today", "I can't assure you that as you go to war with a
cybersecurity-conscious, cybersecurity-capable enemy that any of our
stuff is going to work", and "
General Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command joined him in saying the U.S. needs to do better when it comes to seeking out malware and viruses.
Last week the United States blamed Russia and China for stealing economic information and technology for their own gain.
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