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Panetta Warns of Cyberattack

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Says foreign hackers could shut down power grid.

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Looks like we have more to worry about on the Internet than the latest cat videos. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday of the possibility of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" as a consequence of increasingly vulnerable cybersecurity measures in the United States.

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