Cyber Attack War Games Might Protect Power Grid, But Big Gov Online Snooping Could Thwart Free Speech

Cyber attack war games are being planned by the United States and the United Kingdom. The first of the exercised will involve a staged cyber hacking of the financial sector and will be conducted later this year. The “unprecedented” cyber attack war games plan was announced by Prime Minister David Cameron before he held a joint press conference with President Barack Obama on Friday afternoon.

Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama discussed the dire impact of cyber attacks and counter-terrorism issues during the press conference. Cameron had also previously said that there should be “no means of communication” which “we cannot read” when discussing cyber attack thwarting efforts. He was expected to discuss “getting” companies such as Facebook and Google to permit the government to view encrypted messages by users.

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