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U.S. code-cracking agency works as if compromised

"The U.S. government's main code-making and code-cracking agency now works on the assumption that foes may have pierced even the most sensitive national security computer networks under its guard. 'There's no such thing as 'secure' any more,' Debora Plunkett of the National Security Agency said on Thursday amid U.S. anger and embarrassment over disclosure of sensitive diplomatic cables by the web site WikiLeaks. 'The most sophisticated adversaries are going to go unnoticed on our networks,' she said." (Source: U.S. code-cracking agency works as if compromised | Reuters) ›
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Napolitano calls for strategic partnerships in cybersecurity defense

"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today stressed the need for shared responsibility and strategic partnerships to secure cyberspace. ‘This has got to be a team effort,’ Napolitano said at a cyberspace symposium held in Washington. ‘No one agency can do it alone. Cybersecurity is about effective ›
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WikiLeaks 'Anonymous' hackers: 'We will fight'

"If you think there's a group of nerdish hackers somewhere hunched over their computers launching cyberattacks 24-7 on companies that have refused service to WikiLeaks, you're wrong. Helping the hacking forum known as 'Anonymous' and 'Operation Payback' can be as simple as sending an e-mail to one of the many web ›
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'Cyber-attack' hits Mastercard site

"Credit card company Mastercard’s website is currently unavailable due to an apparent hacking campaign organised in response to the company’s refusal to handle donations to the WikiLeaks website. The attack, called 'operation: payback' has apparently been organised by internet freedom of speech activists, calling themselves 'Anonymous'. Mastercard anno ›
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US works to secure networks as hackers advance

"It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions, a drawn-out timeline that enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive data, experts say. As the Department of Homeland Security moves methodically to pare down and secure the approximately 2,400 network connections used every ›
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Cable: No Cyber Attack in Brazilian ’09 Blackout

"The Nov. 2009 blackout that plunged millions of Brazilians into darkness for up to six hours was not the result of cyber saboteurs, but instead an unusual confluence of independent factors that conspired to cause a cascading power failure, according to a classified cable from the U.S. embassy in Brazil." (Source: Cable: No Cyber Attack in Brazilian ’09 ›
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Push To Name WikiLeaks Terror Group

"The disclosure of thousands of classified State Department documents by WikiLeaks warrants the website being labeled a terrorist organization, King said. 'By doing so we can seize their assets,' King told Good Day New York." (Source: Push To Name WikiLeaks Terror Group) ›
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Iran admits cyber attack on nuclear plants

"Iran admitted Monday that its controversial uranium enrichment centrifuges had been affected by a malicious computer virus, as reported by Western diplomats last week. Hours earlier, car bombs killed a top Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran and wounded another. Both events may color a resumption of talks on nuclear issues next week with the five permanen ›
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Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy

"A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable reported. The Google hacking was part of a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws r ›
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Stuxnet Worm: Virus Targeted At Iran's Nuclear Plant Is In Hands Of 'Bad Guys'

"Senior cyber-security figures have said the Stuxnet worm - the first to have been used to damage targets in the real world - could be used to attack any physical target which relies on computers. The list of vulnerable installations is almost endless – they include power stations, food distribution networks, h ›
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Homeland Security Is Seizing Internet Domains Left And Right

"The Department of Homeland Security's ICE has launched a major crackdown on websites enabling copyright infringement or selling counterfeits of trademarked goods. In just the past few days ICE has seized at least 12 domains, TorrentFreak reports. All of these domains now display the image shown here. The sites fall into two categories: torrent sites that ›
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Threat of cyber attack presents ‘huge’ threat, Gates says

"Leaders are taking steps to bring defense industrial and domestic partners under an umbrella of protection from cyber attacks, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Nov. 17. ‘There is a huge future threat and there is a considerable current threat [from cyber attacks],’ Gates said during a question-and-answer session at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Coun ›
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Computer virus Stuxnet a 'game changer,' DHS official tells Senate

"A highly complex computer attack that may have been targeting Iran's nuclear power plants is posing a serious security threat to critical infrastructure worldwide, according to government and cyber-industry experts testifying Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The computer worm known as Stuxnet was discovered this past ›