Anonymous

Reading

IT Security Specialist

The mi2g piece www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/101104.php

concludes "the present threat level of a terrorist digital attack that causes severe loss of life is still low to medium but likely to rise in profile to medium and then to high, in the coming three to five year horizon."

Low to medium? Entirely non-existent is a more accurate consensus assessment across the IT security profession. Such FUD could be easily dismissed to the Recycle Bin were it not for the fact that credulous politicians and heads of industry are easy prey to this meme (mind virus).

Witness the gathering of worthy individuals at Oxford University last night to ingest a hearty dose of this wilful propaganda. Were the dinner of such Augean quality there would have been howls of protest. But no the dignatories swallowed it with relish.

Caveat emptor.