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The Obama administration simulated a cyber attack on New York City’s power supply in a Senate demonstration aimed at winning support for legislation to boost the nation’s computer defenses. Senators from both parties gathered behind closed doors in the U.S. Capitol yesterday for the classified briefing attended by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other administration officials. The mock attack on the city during a summer heat wave was “very compelling,†said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is co-sponsoring a cybersecurity bill supported by President Barack Obama. “It illustrated the problem and why legislation is desperately needed,†she said as she left the briefing. U.S. lawmakers are debating cybersecurity legislation following assaults last year on companies including New York- based Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, and Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), the world’s largest defense company. The attacks have increased concern that computer networks operated by U.S. banks, power grids and telecommunications companies may be vulnerable to hacking or viruses that may cause loss of life or inflict widespread economic harm.
Fear mongering to allow the government to take control of the internet, one of the fastest methods of spreading news far and wide? Surely they would not do it unless absolutely necessary .
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