On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired a fascinating segment about the quiet danger of computer hackers' ability to bring cities and countries to their knees. Ten years ago, it was something that "might happen". Today it's real. And it's happening.
Did you know that computer hackers from a foreign country put two cities in Brazil in complete darkness for hours in 2005 and 2007? Did you know that computer hackers (working for a consulting company in the US) were able to remotely blow up a piece of equipment in a power plant?
This is what the future looks like and it's a bit scary:
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