Is Dr. Zaius America's Newest Cyberenemy?

On Wednesday, The Colbert Report took a hard look at the possibility of a cyberattack brought on by mobile devices. Host Stephen Colbert asked counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke about the possibility of a Stuxnet-type attack being perpetrated via an iPad.  Clarke replied, "A small group of talented people using iPads could take down a whole nation."

Holding up an iPad, Clarke added, "Using this device, a hacker could, in theory, get into the electric power grid control somewhere and shut the lights out." He then enumerated other ways hackers could terrorize the United States, including the stock market, gas pipelines and train systems.