Beaming this offense to places far and wide and we have an overflow room as well because the Wilson Center is truly honored to host this event. I am welcoming some of our nearest and dearest supporters pretty thank representative jim himes of connecticut will be here or is here. I am jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. 15 years ago a disgruntled australian contractor hacked a sewage control system in queensland spilling millions of gallons of waste onto public lands it into public waters. All it took him then was a laptop and the a radio. Today our infrastructure is increasingly networked rail switches water mains power grids. Americans lives are more vulnerable than ever to digital disruption. The hacker black market has flourished. You can buy zero days for a song song. A would be cyberterrorist who arent limited in resources anymore. Its creativity. Crafting a secure internet in securing americas place in cyberspace is a huge technical and leadership challenge. I
All of us . You know like most statistics they are all over the place but by any measure there are references to 85 of Critical Infrastructure and the backbone on which we ride whether you are power plant, a financial company, whether you are a shopping center. All of that the vast majority that resides in the private sector. And local government or privatelyowned. That means that the dot gout piece or the dot. Mil that is controlling United States government is a small portion and so we are incredibly reliant for all the services we rely on that are critical in many instances to our life and sustenance whether its a hospital or Financial Bank account you are vulnerable if you are hooked up to the internet. In my brilliant introduction i referred to rails, water mains and power grids. What percentage of this is in the private sector . All of it. Did everyone hear that . Privatelyowned. Its not the federal government responsibility. It doesnt come under the control of the federal govern
Until americas new president takes the oath of office. He remains at his resort today in florida of the final throw of his transition doubling down on his economic promise of keeping jobs and production in the good, old United States of america. Can he win the political fight if hes not practicing what hes preaching. Here we go again. Another winter wall on the northeast city standing by for a foot of sw. We are tracking the storm and finding out how officials are gearing up. We want to start in the hacking story. Well expect the white house to issue a financial sanction against russians. We are hearing those sanctions are out against the top leader. Joining me now to discuss this breaking news is hans nicolls and tammy leitner. Hah hans, we are hearing it coming out in the hour. What do you know . Five entities and four individuals are targeted by these sanctions. They are coming from the Treasury Department. What they do is they list the names, the passport numbers and they make it c
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