This really is a fascinating article when you think about the implications of literally everything moving to the net.

http://revision3.com/?p=153

Think about it.  This could have been a hospital, air traffic control, or in the case of my business the Federal Reserve. All this company had was a server farm.  No standing army, no diplomatic credentials, and no flag.  Instead of a media company this could very easily have been a bank of critical servers of some organization.

The more computers liberate us the more control they have over every aspect of our lives. This is the future of terrorism, such as the cyber attack unleashed on Estonia; but you do not have to be a major power to do this.  Legions of zombie computers are all that is needed.  With the mass penetration of high speed internet worldwide and the general lack of understanding of basic computer security by the public; the means to do this are very easy to come by.

Remember keep your firewalls up, your antivirus and spyware updated, and trust no one!