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Yvette Clarke: “Our country's reliance on cyber systems covers the waterfront, everything from power plants to pipelines, and hospitals…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
Our country's reliance on cyber systems covers the waterfront, everything from power plants to pipelines, and hospitals to highways have increased cyber connections dramatically, and our infrastructure is more physically and digitally interconnected than ever.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Emphasizes the extensive reliance on interconnected cyber systems in critical infrastructure.

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