News: Feds fear all-out cyber-war with Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON--U.S. government experts, wary of Al Qaeda's skills on the Internet, are concerned that Osama bin Laden's guerrilla network may be planning cyber-attacks targeting nuclear power plants, dams or other critical structures, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

An FBI investigation of suspicious surveillance of key computers discovered ``multiple casings of sites'' nationwide, the report said, citing a Defense Department summary of the probe.

Routed through telecommunications switches in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Pakistan, the visitors studied emergency telephone systems, electrical generation and transmission, water storage and distribution, nuclear power plants and gas facilities, the Post said.
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