The prediction, in brief:

Terrorist organizations are especially worrisome. They are eager for the kind of notoriety that would attend their knocking out the telephone system or air traffic control system.

Predictor: Kent, Stephen

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Computerworld, Gary Anthes writes about the statements made by attendees at a recent conference on information warfare, quoting Stephen Kent of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. Anthes writes:”Problems and threats: ‘It’s clear that we have lots of vulnerable systems that the country depends on. Terrorist organizations are especially worrisome. They are eager for the kind of notoriety that would attend their knocking out the telephone system or air traffic control system.’ – Stephen Kent, chief scientist for security technology at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Mass.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues

Subtopic: Crime/Fraud/Terrorism

Name of publication: Computerworld

Title, headline, chapter name: Security Pundits Weigh War Threat

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 29, Issue 40, Page 71ISSN: 00104841

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney