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Governments and allied groups worldwide are using the Internet to spy and launch cyberattacks on their enemies, targeting critical systems including electricity, air traffic control, financial markets and government computer networks, according to McAfee’s annual report examining global cybersecurity.
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This year, China has been accused of launching attacks against the United States, India, Germany and Australia, but the Chinese are not alone: 120 countries including the United States are said to be launching Web espionage operations, according to McAfee’s Virtual Criminology Report, issued today and developed with input from NATO, the FBI, the United Kingdom’s Serious Organized Crime Agency, and various groups and universities.
“Cyber assaults have become more sophisticated in their nature, designed to specifically slip under the radar of government cyber defenses,” McAfee states. “Attacks have progressed from initial curiosity probes to well-funded and well-organized operations for political, military, economic and technical espionage.”
One attack against Estonia, allegedly carried out by Russia, disrupted government, news and bank servers for several weeks in April, McAfee notes. In the United States, a Pentagon computer network allegedly was hacked by China-based perpetrators in June, the McAfee report states.
The Internet is simply a great tool for gathering intelligence, both for world powers like the United States and China and
small countries with limited resources, says David Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee Avert Labs.
He doesn’t think cyberattacks will replace conventional warfare, but says they are becoming an important augmentation, with
countries using technology to spread disinformation and disrupt communications. He also predicts it will be common for governments
to license cybercriminals to attack enemies in a sort of privatized model. “We’re already starting to see that with state-sponsored
malware,” he says. “I only think you’re going to start seeing more than that because it’s easier to attack government X’s
database than it is to nuke their troops.”
The mention of the U.S.By Jon B on December 3, 2007, 10:13 amThe mention of the U.S. government comes from an interview with McAfee researcher David Marcus, who said the United States is among the 120 countries using the Web...
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read the reportBy Anonymous on December 1, 2007, 10:15 amI read the McAfee report. It does NOT mention US Govt. attacks. It focuses on the usual stuff, defining terms and listing a few things that have been uncovered by...
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RE: Government-sponsored cyberattacks on the rise, McAfee saysBy Roger Halbheer on November 30, 2007, 2:26 pmThis is really a suprise! What do you expect. Governments have to run intelligence services, they do industrial espionage and then you expect them to ignore today's...
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