Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says cyberattacks could be a cyber Pearl Harbor. Panetta invoked the image of a cyberattack on the level of 9/11. He said the U.S. would strike first if threatened by a catastrophic cyberattack. Security expert: “This is a pre-9/11 moment” for the United States. We need to have the option to take action against those who would attack us to defend this nation when directed by the president,” he said.”]
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