Cyberattacks and America

At a conference in Colorado, the head of the National Security Agency and the United States Cyber Command, General Alexander, publicly stated that there has been a “17-fold increase in computer attacks on American infrastructure between 2009 and 2011.”  These sort of attacks could effect our “electricity grids, water supplies, computer and cellphone networks and other infrastructure.” Read the recent New York Times article to see how America is equipped to handle these cyberattacks.