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KKR’s Petraeus Calls Cyberattacks ‘Enormous’ Security Threat

Cyberattacks are an “enormous” threat to U.S. national and economic security, said retired Army general and former Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus.

“When you look at the massive theft of personal data, the massive theft of intellectual property, the damage done to business by denial of service attacks,” Petraeus, an executive at private-equity firm KKR & Co., said on the “Wall Street Week” television program. “This is a big, big challenge to our country.”

Former CIA Director opinion

Saudi Arabia Isn’t Trying to Curb U.S. Oil Firms, Petraeus Says

Saudi Arabia is trying to maintain its share of the global oil market rather than use its power in OPEC to curb U.S. producers, according to David Petraeus, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.The Middle East nation understands that the U.S. is becoming more efficient in generating oil and that there isn’t a set cost for production, Petraeus said in an interview for the television program “Wall Street Week” set to air June 14.