Matthew 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Editor’s Note: In May 2011, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Pentagon: Cyber Attacks Can Count as Acts of War.” The article began, “The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.”
A new report released by Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is showing some shocking revelations about the security of Federal agencies, databases and websites.
The report found that almost 40 percent of breaches in security go undetected by security officials and systems.
“[The report] highlights serious vulnerabilities in the government’s efforts to protect its own civilian computers and networks,” Coburn said.
The report shows that nearly every agency has faced some kind of undetected event from the U.S. Copyright Office to the Department of Homeland Security. Even agencies that don’t seem to be major targets like the National Weather Service or NASA faced major breaches.
An example of one attack was hackers breaking into the national Emergency Alert System in February 2013 sending out a “Zombie Attack Warning” in Midwestern states.
“Civil authorities in your area have reported the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living,” the hackers sent out before being cut off. “Do not attempt to approach or apprehend these bodies as they are considered extremely dangerous.”
The report says that hackers could enter databases regarding U.S. dams that showed which were the weakest or had security problems making them vulnerable to attack. One of the hackers obtained the technology map running the New York Stock Exchange.
The report was based on studies from 40 different audits.
