FBI Director Fears ISIS Could Launch Cyber Attack Against U.S.
Source: CNN
(CNN) — ISIS is “waking up” to the idea of using sophisticated malware to cyber-attack critical infrastructure in the U.S., FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday, May 20, 2015.
“Logic tells me it’s coming,” and that the terror group is “looking into” whether it is capable of pulling off such attacks, Comey said at the Cybersecurity Law Institute at Georgetown University.
Over the last two years, Comey said there has been more attention paid to potential cyberattacks against the U.S., and although he hasn’t seen them yet, “it just makes too much sense” to see destructive malware end up in the hands of terrorists.
Comey pointed to a “layer cake” of threats, with nation-states at the top and common criminals at the bottom. The threat of terror groups adopting cyber tactics usual carried about by China or North Korea is most concerning, he said.
“Destructive malware is a bomb. And terrorists want bombs” Comey said. And while it may be difficult for a terrorist to physically enter the U.S., they can do so online in an instant.
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