Invisible threat from hackers to United States by Nina Gotzmannova

One picture is better than thousands words and a video is even better. Most possibly this are the thoughts of Homeland Security Department, which has presented a video about a hacker attack. It is full of smoke, danger and really graphic.HSD authorized Idaho National Laboratory to make these scenes. In the video is shown an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control. Later it will almost broke, in the surrounding is lot of smoke and everything seems dangerous. Fortunately it is not a real video recording, only a simulation of a possible hacker attack. The intention was to gain attention to this not much known target of hackers' attacks. The computer systems are well secured and protected. It seems almost everyone know what a damage can a hacker make. But for this field, specialized electronics equipment which operates important power, water or chemical utilities, there is no such protection. This sensitive part of U. S. security is not monitored as computer networks are.In the video the HSD wanted to show the real impact of hacker at technology. It is believed hacker are just some geeks who try to smash and destroy computers only, letting the secure information spread all over the world. This video is different. Even the person who has never used a computer can see how big damage should a hacker or a group of hackers make. And the impact will be not only in cyberworld. This illegal act of smashing a system can influence lives of people or the environment. The Idaho National Laboratory described it as an 'invisible threat'.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_the_grid;_ylt=Ag0rudJ7mUzulD_oAQtvzAKs0NUE

by Nina Gotzmannova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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