Governments Prepare for Cyber Cold War
superglaze writes “ZDNet UK has an analysis piece on the growing threat of a “cyber cold war”. It’s got some interesting examples and it seems everyone is up to something. “…attacks are not limited to any particular countries, or by alliances between countries, according to cyberwarfare watchers. In the McAfee report, Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer for research organization the Sans Internet Storm Center, said that most countries hack each other regardless of any supposed allegiances. Alan Paller, director of research at security training organization the Sans Institute, concurred. “All nations are doing it to each other. I don’t know of any country not doing it,” he said. “If it’s not for normal espionage, it’s for economic espionage. It’s a very broad set of countries [involved].”"
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Original post by CmdrTaco
