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Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks on the Rise

Posted by Zonk on from the less-of-a-pr-disaster-too dept.

jbrodkin writes "A new McAfee report finds that 120 countries, notably the United States and China, are regularly launching Web-based espionage campaigns. Government-sponsored cyber attacks against enemy countries are becoming more common, targeting critical systems including electricity, air traffic control, financial markets and government computer networks. This year, Russia allegedly attacked Estonian government news and bank servers, while China was accused of hacking into the Pentagon. A McAfee researcher says this trend will accelerate, noting 'it's easier to attack government X's database than it is to nuke their troops.'"

2 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. They've been on the rise for years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    since most of them indirectly come from the microsoft world. (Yeah, troll I know, go ahead...but it is true)

  2. News? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Come on, this has been happening for a very long time! We all had a suspicon at least.