Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will vote for the cyber security bill. Obviously, this is a whole new era of attack on our country. On September 11, 2001, we certainly realized that the two big oceans on either side of our country that had protected us for centuries--the Atlantic and the Pacific--no longer provided that protection because we could see, in the case of 2001, an attack from within. Thus, that revised so much of our defense strategy. Now we see the other kind of attack from within that is stealthy, insidious, and it is constant because the cyber attacks are coming to the U.S. Government as well as the U.S. industry, the business community, and U.S. citizens. The threat of cyber attack is vast and it is varied, from cyber criminals who steal personal information such as credit card and Social Security numbers, to foreign governments or state-sponsored groups that steal sensitive national security information, that steal our intellectual property, and that put at risk our economy and critical infrastructure. I want to give one example of obtaining Social Security numbers through cyber attacks or through other means. What we found in Tampa, FL, is that street crime actually subsided because the criminals had figured that either by cyber attacks or by other means of getting Social Security numbers, they could file false income tax returns and request refunds.…”