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If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.

Dorothy E. Denning

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Dorothy E. Denning
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 12
Computer Science Researcher
Computer Scientist
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Dorothy Elizabeth Denning
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