CYBER terrorism is almost a dirty word among elite computer security professionals, and there's a high risk of being ridiculed if you use it in their midst. AusCERT director Nick Tate says you're more likely to generate public terror by flying an aircraft into a bank than by breaking through its electronic security cordon.

Robert Graham, chief scientist with Internet Security Systems, could prompt computer security specialists to re-examine the notion of the cyber terrorist, however.

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