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Cybersecurity and the Internet Economy
Orome1 writes "Global online transactions are currently estimated by industry analysts at $10 trillion annually. As Internet business grows, so has the threat of cybersecurity attacks. The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said: 'By increasing the adoption of standards and best practices, we are working with the private sector to promote innovation and business growth, while at the same time better protecting companies and consumers from hackers and cyber theft.'"
We already had that. Operation Sun Devil.
Result: The US is very hard pressed to find any true blackhats to work for them, while China considers them the same as front line infantry or artillery troops, and pays them very well. Russia, same.
If we had another hacker pogrom, the people that would get scooped up wouldn't be the true people causing the breaches at SCEA, SOE, or other places. Those guys are clued enough to use compromised machines on Joe Sixpack's coffee table, or offshore sites.
The people picked up would be people in the iPhone Dev Team, the ROM modders at XDA Developers, and others like that... low hanging fruit that are not doing anything against the law, but are interfering with profits or the will of a CEO somewhere.