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   Extremely Dangerous

   

   Ryan, Nov 17th, 2004 @ 12:26pm

   
   

   They certainly could be quite a nuisance, but the overall economic impact on a nation could be questioned.

   Consider: physically destroying or damaging Wall Street or the NYSE would be very difficult. It would take a good deal of coordination and require absolute surprise. What is a small team of high intelligent, determined attackers decided they wanted to attack Wall Street, or in this case a Taiwanese stock exchange, or say the S. Korean government. These attackers however are hackers. Yes, there are redundant systems. But say they crashed a major distribution center leading to one of these places. Internet, email, phones, even electricity could be disrupted. All it would take is a small whole somewhere in a massive system. A physical attack needs many, many, glaring holes in physical security. The potential for economic impact is huge.

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   Threats we never see

   

   dorpus, Nov 17th, 2004 @ 1:30pm

   
   

   We the general public never hear about Russian nuclear submarines loaded with nuclear missiles hanging around near our coastline. Only a few navy officers and some higher-ups know about it. We never hear about successful infiltration and arrest of terrorist groups, if the informants or undercover agents are still operating. We never hear about the USA and Russia hiding suitcase nuclear bombs in each other's cities, as a last line of defense in the event of nuclear war. We did have them, American underground bunkers hidden throughout Europe with Soviet uniforms and nuclear weapons. Nor do we hear about a lot of bombing incidents that happen all over the country every week, since law enforcement often doesn't want the trouble of publicizing it, or copycats getting ideas. We never see the trillions of neutrinos or other cosmic particles passing through our bodies, which have the potential to damage DNA and trigger cancer. We never hear about airplanes that came close to crashing into your house.
   
   

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