In another indication of the increasingly close ties being developed between Russia and the US the Russian financial watchdog has announced an investigation into links between its banks and hacker attacks in the US.
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Sunday, 06 June 2010 20:59
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By Michael Smith and Peter Warren
NATO is considering the use of military force against enemies who launch cyber attacks on its member states.
The move follows a series of Russian-linked hacking against Nato members and warnings from intelligence services of the growing threat from China.
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 11:34
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Pressure grows on Obama for action over cyber security
Security officials are urging the US President to appoint a 'cyber tsar'
For the past month or so a curious game has been going on in the world of rumour and uncertainty that passes for the intelligence community. At the heart of it is an attempt to force the US president, Barack Obama, to put cyber security back to the top of his agenda and to usher in increased monitoring of the internet.
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 00:12
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Hackers are being targeted for attack by US and UK security authorities eager to launch a cyber counteroffensive to kick them off the net Peter Warren reports
- Hackers at 2009 ‘Hacking at random’ conference
Hackers who attack defence or commercial computers in the US and UK in future may be in for a surprise: a counterattack, authorised and carried out by the police and defence agencies that aims to disrupt and even knock them off the net.
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Thursday, 26 October 2006 22:48
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Robot vehicles are increasingly taking a role on the battlefield – but their deployment raises moral and philosophical as well as technical questions, says Peter Warren
In November 2004, during the second battle of Fallujah, an American uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) – a robot plane – located a mortar battery that had been hampering the US operation to retake the town. The mortar’s position was logged by the UAV’s operator, who was sitting at his desk in Nellis Air Force base near Las Vegas, thousands of miles away.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:17
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Gary McKinnon, the British hacker facing extradition to the US in nine days time has warned other hacking wannabees not to follow his example.
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Thursday, 22 April 2004 12:44
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BRITAIN’S banks are being forced to reveal potentially damaging details about how often they have been attacked by computer hackers.
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