SPOTLIGHT: Lack of U.S. plan to respond to a cyberattack could be catastrophic

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A panel of current and former federal security officers say the government is risking a disaster because it hasn't yet planned for a widespread cyberattack. The experts said a cyberattack could have the same impact as the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. General Michael Hayden told the gathering that it's very unclear who would be in charge in a cyberattack. The U.S. is not organized well enough to respond to one, and there's no strategy that spells out how federal, state and local government and the private sector should respond. Article