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Software Developer Arrested in Computer Sabotage Case Officials say Davis Lu placed malicious code on servers in a denial-of-service attack on his employer. A software developer has been arrested and faces charges for allegedly placing malicious code on his employer's computer servers, the Justice Department reports. A federal grand jury in Cleveland returned an indictment charging Davis Lu, 51, of Houston, Texas, with one count of damaging protected computers. Officials say Lu was employed as a senior developer with an unnamed company based in Cleveland. In August 2019, the company was the v...

Software companies also reported a staggering three billion mall ware events in 2010 and a 93% increase in web-based intrusion compared to 2009. >> reporter: military intelligence now recognizes that computer sabotage directed by another country on a massive scale like taking down a power grid can amount to an act of war. >> you know, you go from a pure, they want to maintain access and take information and persist stance on a network to now your cross fire and in the middle of an actual destructive warfare episode. >> reporter: recently 20 countries along with the u.s. met to discuss traditio...

>> it depends what they're looking for. it's about storage. if we want to use these, then we have to be able to keep our information somewhere. >> brings up the cyber espionage or attack story of the morning. the big concern not only accessing and stealing information, shutting it down when the world depends on it, shows how, you know, how multifaceted -- >> cyber war and the idea that cyber war is an active war. "the wall street journal" reporting the pentagon has put together its cyber strategy and that says that sabotage, computer sabotage from another country, can constitute an act of war....

Late this year? >> i don't think the adventure will be lost. i think what's always at risk is, as we transition to a new program and a new vehicle, there's going to be a period of time when americans aren't flying on u.s. spacecraft. so that's a challenge. people leave. engineers and operations people will move on and do other things. so it's the corporate memory that i think i'm most worried about as people go. but, you know, over time we'll get the right mix of people, and nasa has an incredible worg force. >> you can catch the entire interview on john king usa tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. ...

Since the 9/11 attacks. the next strike may be launched from a computer keyboard. a cyber attack could leave much of the country without electricity or clean water or even turn a nuclear plant into a ticking time bomb. "the wall street journal" says the threat is so real the pentagon has decided that such computer sabotage could be considered an act of war. chris lawrence at the pentagon. explain this to us, chris. >> reporter: carol, actually, when you look at it, it wouldn't be the pentagon deciding that it's an act of war. what happens is the pentagon develops a strategy, and i think that's...