Counterterrorism expert Cofer Black speaks at a cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on WednesdayCountries Brace For The Code War -- CNN Money
LAS VEGAS -- Repeated and constant cyber attacks against the United States have turned the country's assessment of national security threats on its head.
Just five years ago, the CIA was mostly worried about physical threats like bombings or chemical warfare. But now, the CIA thinks cyber attacks have the second greatest potential for national destruction behind only a nuclear attack.
"Cyber will be part of any future conflict -- whether it's a nation state or terrorism," said Cofer Black, former director of the CIA's counterterrorist center, at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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