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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Online Data is Gold Mine for Terrorists

"The widespread availability of sensitive information on corporate Web sites appears to have been largely overlooked by information technology and security managers who responded to the Department of Homeland Security's latest warning of a heightened terrorist threat against the financial services sector," reports ComputerWorld.

"Freely available on the Web, for example, are 3-D models of the exterior and limited portions of the interior of the Citigroup headquarters building in Manhattan--one of the sites specifically named in the latest terror advisory issued by the DHS. Likewise, details of the Citigroup building's history of structural design weaknesses, including its susceptibility to toppling over in high winds, the construction of its central support column and the fire rating of the materials used in the building, are readily available on the Web."

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