In essence there is no Central Control that can be targeted. It is this very anonymity and the anarchy of the Internet that leaves organisations open to attack. The problem is that Western societies have in the past few decades become reliant on the efficient functioning of electronic control systems for more and more segments of daily life, especially the economic processes. There is an assumption that they will function flawlessly or that there is a readily available standby in every case. There is also a misunderstanding about communications systems.
Communications systems are now just computers that route information on the back of commands.
If these electronic systems go wrong the technology that supports our economies fails. As the global network of computers, the Internet, becomes the communication backbone, all societies reliant upon it are vulnerable to cyber attack. It is possible to attack and interrupt any electronic network which would naturally include power stations, emergency services, stock market and air traffic control systems, with devastating consequences. The dangers of Cyber attack lie in the Information Age allowing individuals, who choose to conceal their identity, to access something valuable electronically without being detected. A business could be shut down or severely damaged through this covert access.