Source: CBS Interactive staff
Nothing has ever changed the world as quickly as the Internet.
Less than a decade ago, “60 Minutes” went to the Pentagon to do a story on something called information warfare, or cyberwar as some people called it. It involved using computers and the Internet as weapons.
Much of it was still theory, but we were told that before too long it might be possible for a hacker with a computer to disable critical infrastructure in a major city and disrupt essential services, steal millions of dollars from banks all over the world, infiltrate defense systems, extort millions from public companies, and even sabotage our weapons systems.
Today it’s not only possible, all of that has actually happened. And there’s a lot more we don’t even know about.