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Former White House terrorism advisor warns of need to prepare for cyberattacks

NEW BRUNSWICK — Law enforcement in New Jersey and around the country needs to prepare for cyberattacks, former White House security advisor Richard Clarke said today at a New Brunswick conference. Cybercrime is sometimes undetected, insufficiently reported and almost never successfully prosecuted, Clarke said. And what starts out as a crime could easily escalate into cyber warfare with “a...

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Former White House counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke talks with reporters during an interview on "Meet the Press" Sunday, March 28, 2004 at the NBC studios in Washington.

NEW BRUNSWICK — Law enforcement in New Jersey and around the country needs to prepare for cyberattacks, former White House security advisor Richard Clarke said today at a New Brunswick conference.

Cybercrime is sometimes undetected, insufficiently reported and almost never successfully prosecuted, Clarke said.

And what starts out as a crime could easily escalate into cyber warfare with “a couple of keystrokes,” he said.

Clarke, now a security consultant, said hackers have already accessed computers for high-ranking government leaders and stolen the plans for the F-35, an upcoming American fighter jet.

“We’re very good at the offense. We’re very, very bad at the defense,” he said.

Today’s conference included private sector representatives and law enforcement officers at the local, county, state and federal levels.

“If we are to be successful, it will take all of the people in this room,” said Charles McKenna, director of New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.

He warned about domestic terrorism, saying radicalization is no longer just “something that occurs in the Middle East,” but over the Internet. Two New Jersey men were arrested in June for allegedly planning to join terrorists in Somalia.

“The threat is not just in Yemen,” McKenna said. “The threat could easily be in Bayonne.”
Gov. Chris Christie, a former U.S. attorney in New Jersey who pursued terrorism cases, also spoke at the conference and reminded attendees to stay vigilant.

“We are not safe,” he said. “We are only safer.”


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