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Thousands of cyber attacks each day on key utilities
Thousands of cyber attacks each day on key utilities
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592677.ece
By Jonathan Richards
The Times
August 23, 2008
Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications
and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new
cyberwar against Britain waged by criminals and terrorists =E2=80=94 some of
them backed by foreign states =E2=80=94 the Government has said.
Lord West of Spithead, the Security Minister, told The Times that a
mixture of state-sponsored individuals =E2=80=9Cand those operating at a
terrorist level=E2=80=9D frequently tried to break into the key networks.
Intelligence organisations such as MI5 have given warning of the threat
of state-sponsored =E2=80=9Ccyber-espionage=E2=80=9D from countries such as Russia and
China, but this is thought to be the first time that the Government has
quantified the extent of the threat to the nation=E2=80=99s networks, furthering
the prospect of more widespread computer-based =E2=80=9Cwarfare=E2=80=9D.
=E2=80=9CIf you take the whole gamut of threats, from state-sponsored
organisations to industrial espionage, private individuals and
malcontents, you=E2=80=99re talking about a remarkable number of attempted
attacks on our system - I=E2=80=99d say in the thousands,=E2=80=9D Lord West said. =E2=80=9CSome
are spotted instantly - Others are much, much cleverer.=E2=80=9D
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