http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:17:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/panetta-warns-of-imminent-cy.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/panetta-warns-of-imminent-cy.html#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:19:57 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=187175 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking this week: “An aggressor nation or extremist group could use these kinds of cyber tools to gain control of critical switches. They could derail passenger trains, or even more dangerous, derail passenger trains loaded with lethal chemicals. They could contaminate the water supply in major cities, or shut down the power grid across large parts of the country.” Later, he told reporters at the NYT to relax; this imminent threat does not mean he wants to read your email.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/panetta-warns-of-imminent-cy.html/feed 21