Why feds can't stop cyberattacks

Cyberattacks targeting dozens of government and business Web sites last week were "primitive" and "just a nuisance," not very different from the attacks that target federal systems on a daily basis, experts say -- but they still caught the federal government by surprise. Experts say the sluggish reaction highlights the need for a single White House official who can coordinate a federal response to a cyberattack. But they also say agency Web sites shouldn't have been overwhelmed in the first place by such a primitive attack.

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