![]() ![]() Yet, with all these people at the highest level of government talking about it, I saw no government plan to deal with the consequences of it. The president made reference to it twice in State of the Union speeches, his secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, talked about the likelihood of a “cyber Pearl Harbor,” the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, paid particular attention to it during her farewell address. I’ve never been focused on just one topic, and this just struck me as a topic that wasn’t getting the kind of attention it deserves. ![]() Ted Koppel: In doing “Nightline” I did 6,000 programs over 26 years and within those there must have been at least 500 different topics. Where did your interest in cybersecurity originate? International Business Times: You’re best known as the host of “Nightline” and, before that, as an ABC correspondent during the Vietnam War. He spoke to the International Business Times Thursday by phone. national security officials, including every secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and ex-leadership from the U.S. Koppel interviewed 60 current and former top U.S. networks could be worse than even a devastating natural disaster. If left unprotected, though, an attack on the modern U.S. grid is more efficient and cheaper than the Ukrainian grid thanks to its reliance on the Internet, Koppel says. 27, 2015, two months before a cyberattack against a Ukrainian power plant led to the world's first blackout attributed to hackers. Koppel’s “Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surving The Aftermath” was published Oct. The biggest problem, he says, is that the situation is going to get worse before it gets better. power grid is totally unprepared for a cyberattack that could result in American deaths and longer blackouts than have ever been reported. The investigative journalist and former “Nightline” host is the author of a new book that argues the U.S. will fall victim to a devastating cyberattack. Ted Koppel, who hosted "Nightline" for a quarter century, is the author of "Lights Out," a new book that predicts the U.S. ![]()
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