05 August 2011

#Al-Qaeda likely to launch #cyberattacks globally: Ex-CIA official

Former Central Intelligence Agency's Counter-Terrorism head Cofer Black has said that a battered al-Qaeda, following Osama bin Laden's death, could enter cyberspace to launch a global jihad against the West.

Black said al-Qaeda would resort to "small and agile" tactics, including online attacks.

"They will enter the cyber world because it's comparatively remote, comparatively safer than strapping on a bomb," ABC News quoted Black, as saying at a Black Hat Technical Security Conference in Las Vegas.

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