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Clapper Sees Little Risk Of Catastrophic Cyber Attack Despite Expanding Threats

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

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Clapper Sees Little Risk Of Catastrophic Cyber Attack Despite Expanding Threats

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Photo: ODNI.

Threats to the nation’s computer networks and systems continue to mount, but for now a “catastrophic” cyber attack is unlikely, the nation’s top intelligence official reported on Thursday.The nation’s unclassified networks “remain vulnerable to espionage and/or disruption,” Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper stated in a report, but “the likelihood of a catastrophic attack from any particular actor is remote at this time.”Clapper testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the subject of worldwide threats and delivered a…

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