article_snippet.sent: the U.S. and her allies her allies are at an ever growing risk of a systemic cyber-assault, with energy infrastructure likely to be hacker's prime target.
article_snippet.sent: The stark warning comes from General Keith Alexander, the retired four-star general and former chief of the National Security Agency. 'an ever growing risk of a systemic cyber-assault is a catastrophic attack on the energy infrastructure.
article_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander has warned that the U.S. and her allies her allies are at an ever growing risk of a systemic cyber-assault, with energy infrastructure likely to be hacker's prime target .
article_snippet.sent: Alexander, who led the U.S. battle against cyber-threats for much of the last decade, was speaking at a private dinner held by IHS CERAWeek in Texas last week, reports the Daily Telegraph.
article_snippet.sent: IHS CERAWeek in Texas envisioned a worst case-scenario where hackers targeted oil refineries, power stations, and the electric grid.
article_snippet.sent: We need something like an integrated air-defence system for the whole energy sector,' IHS CERAWeek in Texas said.
article_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander listed five countries able to conduct cyber-warfare at the highest level: the US, UK, Israel, Russia and Iran.
article_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander also voice General Keith Alexander concern about the hacking threat from a terrorist organization such as ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander said that the U.S. and her allies had failed to check the advance of ISIS and ISIS expanding network of franchises across the Middle East.
highlights_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander has warned that the U.S. and General Keith Alexander allies are at an ever growing risk of a systemic cyber-assault .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: General Keith Alexander predicts that energy infrastructure would be hacker's prime target .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Also voiced General Keith Alexander concerns about the hacking threat from a terrorist organization such as ISIS .