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Cyber Attack Warnings Continue As Senate Prepares For Debate

Julie Samuel

Friday, October 19th, 2012

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Senior Pentagon leaders are increasingly warning about cyber attacks as the Senate prepares to resume debate on controversial cybersecurity legislation as soon as next month. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, told business executives Wednesday night that industry shares in the responsibility of protecting the cyber domain. His comments follow Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent warning about a cyber attack and lament that companies are not investing enough in cybersecurity, as well as the…

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