For a dose of the obvious...

From: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081015_7578.php?zone=NGpopular

"The FBI's newly appointed chief of cybersecurity warned today that "a couple dozen" countries are eager to hack U.S. government, corporate and military networks...

Henry said certain countries have mounted aggressive campaigns to attack U.S. Internet assets like the .gov, .mil and .com Web domains. Some are interested in sensitive research and development data, while others, like terrorist organizations, see the value in stealing and selling sensitive data to fund physical attacks."

duh! 2001 called to say told you so.