FBI Director Targets the Internet's Top Dangers

ACM TechNews cites Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI, who spoke of the "growing threat of nefarious attack via the 'Net" at Pennsylvania State University last week. Mueller used the example of al Qaeda Web master Younis Tsouli to show how infiltrated servers can be used to finance or aid terrorists.

Further, Mueller pointed out that the Internet could also be used as a means of launching attacks as well as being the target of attacks, as happened to Estonia's federal and infrastructure-related Web sites in April 2007.

See the the full article published by Network World.