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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 88 Another event illustrated the threat to the global economy no less starkly. Early in February 2000, computer servers hosting several of the largest commercial web sites on the Internet were flooded with connection requests, which clogged systems and consumed server capacity. Ultimately, these distributed denial-of-service attacks paralyzed large parts of the Internet. Only through close cooperation between U.S. and Canadian law enforcement investigators was it discovered that a Canadian teenager had been breaking into legions of computers around the world for many months. Retaining control over these compromised servers, he created a "zombie army" which on command would flood the servers of his next corporate victim. The cost of slowdowns and outages that occurred was an estimated billion dollars in economic losses. Only a few months later, on the morning of May 4, 2000, the "I love you" virus began infecting computers around the globe. First detected in Asia, this virus quickly swept around the world in a wave of indiscriminate attacks on government and private sector networks. By the time the destructive pace of the virus had been slowed, it had infected nearly 60 million computers and caused billions of dollars in damage. Cooperation among law enforcement authorities around the world led to the identification of the perpetrator, a computer science dropout in the Philippines. He was neither charged nor punished for his deeds because, at the time, the Philippine criminal code did not explicitly outlaw such actions. Together, these incidents make clear that U.S. domestic efforts alone cannot deter or prevent cyber-attacks. We must work closely with our international partners to put into place those cooperative mechanisms that can help prevent the damage of such attacks. 98B4.2.2.8 Transportation Accident A transportation accident is an incident related to a mode of transportation (highway, air, rail, waterway, port, and harbor) where an emergency response is necessary to protect life and property. These are incidents involving air or rail passenger travel resulting in mass casualties or mass fatalities, and incidents the release, or potential release, of hazardous materials. Common day- to-day highway accidents are excluded because they are generally handled without emergency management organization involvement. 99B4.2.2.9 Urban Fire Fire is a rapid, persistent chemical reaction that releases heat and light, especially the exothermic combination of a combustible substance with oxygen. A fire is categorized as both a natural hazard and a technological hazard. An urban fire is any instance of uncontrolled burning which results in major structural damage to large residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or other properties in developed areas. Generally, a large structure is defined as any structure exceeding 25,000 square feet. Large structural fires therefore would include fully involved structures of this size or greater. Multiple stories may be involved as well and constitute square footage.