Obama Discusses Computer Security With Corporate Chiefs - NYTimes.com

Sign of the times

"He said that the government is limited in what it can do to confront China and other sponsors of computer attacks. And he said the government needs the authority to require that critical infrastructure in the country is hardened against such attacks.
“There are ways that we can harden our critical infrastructure, our financial sector,” Mr. Obama said. “And the only thing that’s holding us back from doing that right now is we haven’t gotten the legislative authority out of Congress. They need to get this done.”"

Obama Discusses Computer Security With Corporate Chiefs - NYTimes.com