Leon Panetta: Next "Pearl Harbor" could come from #cyberattack

Leon Panetta was blunt, even for a guy who is known to speak his mind. In the heady aftermath of the Osama bin Laden mission, Panetta's authority on Capitol Hill was all but unquestioned. Despite an atmosphere of bitter partisanship, the longtime Democrat was about to be confirmed as Defense secretary by a vote of 100-0, a rare feat in any era. Now Panetta, the outgoing CIA director, was telling a rapt audience of senators at his confirmation hearing that America's national-security defense apparatus was underestimating the gravest danger out there. "We talk about nuclear. We talk about conventional warfare. We don't spend enough time talking about the threat of cyberwar," he said. "There's a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyberattack."
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