Wednesday, March 28, 2012

U.S. Outgunned in Hacker War - WSJ.com

A stark cybersecurity snapshot; also see "Richard Clarke on Who Was Behind the Stuxnet Attack" (Smithsonian)
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation's top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation's efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks: "We're not winning," he said.
Shawn Henry, who is preparing to leave the FBI after more than two decades with the bureau, said in an interview that the current public and private approach to fending off hackers is "unsustainable.'' Computer criminals are simply too talented and defensive measures too weak to stop them, he said."
U.S. Outgunned in Hacker War - WSJ.com

1 comment:

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well this is pretty pessimistic.
hackers are just good programmers. what there are no good programmers on our side? of course there are.
I believe it can be stopped. And it will be.