Report: U.S. Is Hyping Threat Of Cyber War

A new report suggests that lawmakers, policy wonks and corporations are sensationalizing the risk of cyber attacks far beyond the actual threat. The inflation of cyber security threat, like the inflation of the threat of Communism during the Cold War, or terrorist acts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, could lead to laws that curtail individual freedoms and regulate the Internet in unnecessary ways, the report concludes.

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