A virtual crime wave threatens to wreak havoc on the World Wide Web.
Any site is vulnerable, no matter how big.
And I can't summon much empathy for the targeted website run by the Time Warner subsidiary CNN, a cable giant with millions of viewers every day. But at the same time, even when electronic attacks occur against corporate sites with little or no socially redeeming value, I won't cheer for cyber-saboteurs. Predictably, officials in Washington responded feverishly as FBI anti-hacking squads moved into action. The aggrieved firms were mostly huge players in e-commerce and mass media, accustomed to always reaching large numbers of people. So, the cyber-disruptions were egregious.