Just a few months earlier, Panetta had delivered the first major warning of a cyberattack by a U.S. defense secretary, an attack he said would be “as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11.” America was once again in a “pre 9/11 moment: An aggressor nation or extremist group could use these kinds of cyber tools to gain control of critical switches,” Panetta told an audience on the USS Intrepid in New York. “They could derail passenger trains, or even more dangerous, derail passenger trains loaded with lethal chemicals. They could contaminate the water supply in major cities or shut down
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