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Experts agree that the U.S. is probably more Internet-dependent than any place in the world and hence more vulnerable than any other country. However in a CNN report today, Scott Borg, director of the United States Cyber Consequences Unit, a nonprofit research institute, says that U.S. "can command so much bandwidth that it's hard to overwhelm our servers," in light of last week's, and still ongoing, cyberattacks against Georgia. "We are vulnerable to more sophisticated attacks, but right now most of the people who want to do us harm don't have those capabilities," says Borg.

Websites of key government security agencies, such as the Pentagon and the CIA, as well as large banks are difficult to bring down, according to experts. However successful, large-scale attack on U.S. computer systems could shutdown electric-power grids, transportation networks and industrial-supply chains.

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