Washington local time this week that the U.S. government to end its code-named "Computer Storm" military exercise, which is the largest in U.S. history of computer warfare exercises, designed to test the U.S. response from activists, underground hackers, the blog network attacks.
Participate in the exercise of the officer confirmed that the exercise ask the government officials and industry on the blog, launched a premeditated political activities to respond.
Even as television programs are described as attacks, the Internet will not be paralyzed. Experts in the exercise simulated hackers causing blackouts in 10 states, the network banks and retailers critical systems failure, business software sales infected with malicious code disc, using the critical flaw in Internet technology to launch attacks crisis. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Minister George said some mock attacks were "significant cyber disruption" that can give energy, transportation and health care industry caused heavy losses, and undermine public confidence.
Week-long exercise is not the "real" Internet impacts. From the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK government officials, and representatives from Microsoft, Cisco, Verisign and other companies say they are in the United States Federal Intelligence Agency headquarters in the basement of the economic use of the computer is not connected to the Internet to simulate an attack care .
George will be the Department of Homeland Security's role in Internet attack compared to the band's conductor, from the implementing agencies, intelligence agencies, military agencies, private companies sort out the feedback. In the "Computer Storm" exercise, the Department of Homeland Security's role as a coordinator, 115 government agencies, companies, organizations involved in the exercise, including the National Security Council, Justice, Defense, State, National Security Agency , Central Intelligence Agency.