'Cybergeddon' - a(n) (in)credible threat

"What the Internet has allowed you to do is make all the human frailities like greed, avarice and all those lovely things much more efficient."

NVDL: Trouble is "the the threat is largely invisible and therefore not always taken seriously."

clipped from news.yahoo.com "Other than a nuclear device or some other type of destructive weapon, the threat to our infrastructure, the threat to our intelligence, the threat to our computer network is the most critical threat we face," he added. Russian hackers allegedly mounted huge assaults on Internet networks in Estonia and Georgia last year, while Palestinian sympathizers have orchestrated attacks against hundreds of Israeli websites in the last few days. Following years of fighting online criminal groups, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other countries' security services know hackers as the most elusive and innovative of foes. "It used to be we'd chase people around, literally carrying duffel bags of cash," said Donald Codling, the FBI's cyber unit liaison with the Department of Homeland Security. Nowadays the guy can use his SIM chip and he can move money all over the world and his confederates can withdraw that money from an ATM in a currency of his or her choice.