CIA chief concerned over ‘9/11 in the cyberdomain’

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The director of the CIA called cyber “the new frontier” on Thursday, warning senators that the U.S. could “face the equivalent of a 9/11 in the cyberdomain.”

With a backdrop of the Orlando massacre, CIA Director John Brennan testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee on cyberthreats that spark the “lone-wolf” attacks as seen in Orlando, San Bernardino and Boston.

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