A journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle attended a dinner hosted by Hewlett Packard last week in Silicon Valley : " the mood was decidedly grim " . And yet, instead of mobilising a national defence, we want a toaster that communicates with the washing machine over the internet. " By 2020 the US will be hit with an earthquake of a cyber - attack that will cripple banks , stock exchanges , manufacturing plants and communications " , an executive from Hewlett - Packard predicted . Another described the issues of cyber - risk to US infrastructure as a slow - moving train wreck . An HP survey showed 57 % of US CEO 's as having no training as to what to do in the aftermath of a cyber - attack , and 70 % of them blieve that their companies only partly understand the implications of an attack .
A journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle attended a dinner hosted by Hewlett Packard last week in Silicon Valley : " the mood was decidedly grim " . " By 2020 the US will be hit with an earthquake of a cyber - attack that will cripple banks , stock exchanges , manufacturing plants and communications " , an executive from Hewlett - Packard predicted . Another described the issues of cyber - risk to US infrastructure as a slow - moving train wreck . An HP survey showed 57 % of US CEO 's as having no training as to what to do in the aftermath of a cyber - attack , and 70 % of them blieve that their companies only partly understand the implications of an attack .