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Launching the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace

"Today, I am proud to announce the United States’ first, comprehensive International Strategy for Cyberspace (pdf). The International Strategy is a historic policy document for the 21st Century — one that explains, for audiences at home and abroad, what the U.S. stands for internationally in cyberspace, and how we plan to build prosperity, enhance security, and safeguard openness in our increasingly networked world. Today, Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan and I were joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Lynn in announcing this landmark document’s release, here at the White House. The event was streamed live on WhiteHouse.gov, and y ›
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Cyber security plan proposed by White House

"The White House has proposed legislation to protect the country from cyber attacks by hackers, criminals and spies. Under the plan, companies that run infrastructure like power plants and financial systems would get incentives to make sure their systems are secure. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would also have the authority to impose its own ›
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Osama bin Laden Killed

"Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, sources told ABC News. His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire, to terrorist leader and the most wanted man in the world. Bin Laden created and funded the al Qaeda terror network, wh ›
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Sony: Hacker stole PlayStation users' personal info

"A hacker has obtained the personal information of PlayStation Network account holders and subscribers of the Qriocity streaming service, Sony said in a message to customers Tuesday. Sony's investigations over the past week determined that an 'unauthorized person' had obtained users' names, home addresses, e-mail addresses, birth dates and passwords, accord ›
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Flaws Found in Air Traffic Systems

"Though auditors' attempts to gain access to two computer systems that control air traffic in the United States failed, they discovered during their assessments vulnerabilities that could lead to the seizure of the IT systems. The Department of Transportation's inspector general hired auditors from the accounting firm Clifton Gunderson to conduct the audit earlier this y ›
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White Houses Issues Online Trusted Identities Plan

"The White House Friday released the final version of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), backing away from its role in leading implementation of a plan to standardize and strengthen online identity management and authentication and leaving it more in the hands of the private sector. Previous rhetoric around the plan--which ›
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U.S. Cracks Down on Poker Sites

"In an aggressive attack on Internet gambling, federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed fraud and money laundering charges against operators of three of the most popular online poker sites. The government also seized the Internet addresses of the sites, a new enforcement tactic that effectively shuttered their doors. " Source: U.S. Cracks Down on Poker Sites - NYTimes.com ›
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DOJ gets court permission to attack botnet

"The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have obtained a temporary restraining order allowing them to disrupt a computer virus that created an international botnet controlling more than 2.3 million computers as of early 2010, the DOJ announced Wednesday. In an unprecedented move, the temporary restraining order, issued Tuesda ›
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Massive Breach at Epsilon Compromises Customer Lists of Major Brands

"It turns out that Kroger is only one of many customers affected by the breach at Epsilon. Epsilon sends over 40 billion emails annually and counts over 2,500 clients, including 7 of the Fortune 10 to build and host their customer databases." (Massive Breach at Epsilon Compromises Customer Lists of Major Brands ›
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NSA to Investigate Nasdaq Hack

"The National Security Agency has been called in to help investigate recent hack attacks against the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market, according to a news report. The agency’s precise role in the investigation hasn’t been disclosed, but its involvement suggests the October 2010 attacks may have been more severe than Nasdaq OMX Group has admitted, or it could ›
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European Union under cyber attack as major summit begins

"The European Union is under cyber attack, a spokesman said Thursday, as a major international summit begins. The attack is targeting the EU Commission -- its executive arm -- and the external action service, said Antony Gravali, a spokesman for the EU administration in Brussels, Belgium. 'I was alerted to this on Tuesday and we are taking urgent measures ›
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Attack Code for SCADA Vulnerabilities Released Online

"The security of critical infrastructure is in the spotlight again this week after a researcher released attack code that can exploit several vulnerabilities found in systems that are used at oil, gas and water management facilities as well as manufacturing facilities around the world. The exploits, 34 in number, were published by a researcher on a compute ›
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Homegrown: Rustock Botnet Fed by U.S. Firms

"Aaron Wendel opened the doors of his business to some unexpected visitors on the morning of Mar. 16, 2011. The chief technology officer of Kansas City based hosting provider Wholesale Internet found that two U.S. marshals, a pair of computer forensics experts and a Microsoft lawyer had come calling, armed with papers allowing them to enter the facility and ›