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Homeland Security / Cyber Attacks #1032885

NBC Evening News for Friday, Oct 12, 2012
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s warning about a cyber attack that could shut down America’s infrastructure examined; details given about Iran’s role in a series of attempts to disable the websites of several major US banks and the Shamoon virus attack on Saudi Arabia’s state oil company. [PANETTA – warns of a “cyber Pearl Harbor.”] [NBC terrorism analyst Roger CRESSEY†- says we do not have the proper level of security within the financial sector or the oil and gas sector.]

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Miklaszewski, Jim
Duration:
00:02:00

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