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British MPs Warn of 'Fatal' Cyber Warfare Strategy

Posted by Unknown on from the knows-a-guy-good-with-computers dept.

judgecorp writes "British Members of Parliament have warned that the UK's cyber warfare strategy is getting it wrong. According to a defense committee report, the country's IT security forces are inadequately prepared for a cyber attack, rely too heavily on inadequately protected systems, and do not sufficiently appreciate the difficulty of attributing the source of an attack."

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  1. Standard response by jbmartin6 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The government's response to the report will be "We will do anything it takes to resolve these issues as long as it doesn't cost anything and our users do not have to change their behavior."

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  2. Re:Also "attribution" does not help when by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd have thought corporate espionage was more the main enemy in any sort of "cyber warfare" rather than terrorism.
     
    Though I'm sure the Chinese have already stolen everything they need from our primitive network.