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Angus King: “I think the next Pearl Harbor is going to be cyber, and I certainly hope that we're going to be prepared, better…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
I think the next Pearl Harbor is going to be cyber, and I certainly hope that we're going to be prepared, better prepared, than we were in 1941.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King warns about potential cyber attacks likening them to Pearl Harbor.

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