Stratfor Cyber Breach Adds to Debate Over Govt Role in Protecting Private Networks
December 28, 2011 No CommentA cybersecurity breach at intelligence think tank Stratfor over the weekend struck close to the central point of debate over how to secure domestic networks, Josh Smith wrote in the National Journal today. Smith wrote that this debate “has revolved around the division between government and private sector security,” where businesses want more cybersecurity protections, [...]
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will soon select a contractor to help defend alliance nations’ cutting-edge infrastructure from cyber attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The awardee will provide software, hardware and support at more than 20 NATO locations to help prevent cyber attacks. The contract will call for advanced sensors to be built into [...]
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Researchers from McAfee say they have uncovered one of the largest series of cyber espionage activities to date. According to a report released today called “Operation Shady RAT,” some 72 organizations and governments around the world fell victim to a massive, five-year long cyber attack carried out by an unnamed, specific “state actor.” Of the [...]
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HP released today a report that reveals the significant financial impacts of cyber attacks on businesses and government organizations. The Second Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study revealed that the median annualized cost of cyber crime incurred by a benchmark sample of organizations was $5.9 million per year, with a range of $1.5 million to $36.5 [...]
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South Korea’s communications regulator announced yesterday authorities and online security analysts are assessing the damage caused by what is being described as the largest data breach in the country’s history. SK Communications discovered earlier this week that malicious code was used to hack its sites, the Nate portal, the third most visited search engine and [...]
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Members of hacking collective Anonymous announced yesterday via Twitter they have breached the North Atlantic Treaty Organization system and accessed about 1 gigabyte of restricted material from the servers. “We are sitting on about one Gigabyte of data from NATO now, most of which we cannot publish as it would be irresponsible. But Oh NATO….”, [...]
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The Defense Department experienced one of its worst-ever cyber attacks this spring, when a foreign adversary hacked into the computer system of a contractor and stole 24,000 Pentagon files, senior officials said last week. As the Pentagon unveiled its strategy for cyberspace operations, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III disclosed that over the years [...]
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