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Peter Pace: US vulnerable to cyber attacks

The United States is still \"hugely vulnerable\" to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

Federal News Network Staff

April 13, 2011 9:30 am

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The United States is still “hugely vulnerable” to cyber attacks, but so are most other nations, says former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Peter Pace. He spoke at the Space Foundation’s Cyber 1.1 conference in Colorado Springs. General Pace says the U.S. is very late in preparing to defend critical computer systems from hackers, enemies and others. But he also says the U.S. probably has the strongest offensive cyber capabilities of any nation, and it has employed cyber attacks in the past. Pace says the federal government should set uniform security requirements for critical computer networks in the private sector, such as banking and finance.

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