US technology security executive James Carder ominously predicts that the entire Internet will shut down for 24 hours in 2017.

Carder is the chief information officer for U.S. technology security vendor Log Rhythm, a company that specializes in security information and event management software with a global presence.

The CIO warns that criminals this year were "testing missiles by shooting them into the ocean," with attacks on sites like Spotify and Twitter that took them down for a few hours.

Carder told Business Insider he believes that if attackers can take down a large chunk of the United States Internet for a few hours, that a 24-outage isn't far from reach. He also mentioned that an attack like this would cause financial markets to tank.

The executive also predicted that we might see hackers targeting major media sites like CNN and Fox News causing the fake news issue to only get worse.

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