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Obama Set to Announce New Head Cybersecurity Position

Posted 06/01/09 at 09:09:58 AM by Paul Lilly

President Obama on Friday announced plans to develop a cybersecurity office in the White House to combat against cyber threats. As part of the that plan, the President said he would himself name a "cyber czar" to head up the operation.

"A lot of the things that were discussed [Friday] morning have been said before, but it is a very big deal when the President says them," said President Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance.

Citing a recent survey, President Obama said that cyber crime has cost Americans more than $8 billion over the past years, with the worldwide cost of stolen intellectual property estimated to be in the vicinity of $1 trillion. He also talked about hackers gaining access to campaign computers when he was running for President.

"It's not clear this cyber threat is one of hte most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation," Obama said. "We're not as prepared as we should be, as a government or as a country."

You can view the 16 minute video of what President Obama had to say right here.

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Submitted by slumbersix on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 5:28am

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This video makes me want to
Submitted by V00D00M0NKY on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 9:50pm

This video makes me want to move out of this country just to get away from all the stupid people. BUT, i know that will not help.

Did he really say that our government's computers were not properly secured? This just pisses me the fuck off. This is why I don't pay any attention to politics. Because it always pisses me off.

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just another clipper chip,
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 10:34am

just another clipper chip, only more scary

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sigh, another waste of money
Submitted by Columbia747 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:49am

sigh, another waste of money we dont have

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I like how he NEVER looks at
Submitted by popstop785 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 8:04am

I like how he NEVER looks at the American people when he speaks. How can I take hime seriously if he won't look at us? Hmmmm....

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It's because he has to look
Submitted by slumbersix on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 5:29am

It's because he has to look at the teleprompter..

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when is...
Submitted by N25PHILLY on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 7:51am

...someone going to be assigned to protect us from Obama?

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NOT about the pres....
Submitted by Devo85x on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 7:18am

NO this is NOT about what Obama is saying, does anyone else have the FPS on youtube change constantly (im getting 20-30 constantly changing)???

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