Conflict in Cyberspace: Recommendations for the US Imagine the nation's electrical grid shutting down, major interruptions of electronic trading on Wall Street, or the air traffic control system going off-line during a stormy night. These scenarios are all possible not only by physically attacking the infrastructure, but also through hackers working anywhere in the world. It might seem far-fetched that these would actually happen on such a large scale but it happened for the first time in May 2007 to Estonia. Estonia is one of the most wired countries in the world. Over 97% of banking, voting for national elections and much of the countries telecommunications rides on the internet. In May 2007, unknown hackers launched an attack on Estonia that directly targeted the government and over 200 businesses causing considerable nuisance to daily government operations and millions of dollars of lost revenue to businesses.
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