Jon Tester: “If the threat has emerged because of the Internet, we need to go back…”

On the recordMay 17, 2016

If the threat has emerged because of the Internet, we need to go back to that system as a fail-safe.

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Tester suggests reverting to older systems as a safeguard against Internet-related threats.

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Jon Tester: “If the threat has emerged because of the Internet, we need to go back to that system as a fail-safe.”