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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks
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Fri Apr 5 16:50:39 2013
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Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks
http://j.mp/17hHfvv (Information Week UK)
The co-author of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
(CISPA) ought to know better. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is also
chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told NBC News on
Wednesday that the Operation Ababil bank disruption campaign run by
al-Qassam Cyber Fighters could be stopped, if only private businesses
had unfettered access to top-flight U.S. government threat
intelligence. Currently the federal government is "trying to share
cyber threat information with these banks to help them get ahead of
these attacks," Rogers said. "Unfortunately, a series of policy and
legal barriers is impeding that cooperation, as well as slowing down
cooperation within the private sector and making it less effective."
The problem with that reasoning is that the bank disruptions -- often
publicized in advance by attackers -- overwhelm targeted networks
through sheer quantities of packets. They don't employ attacks of a
stealthy or unknown nature that banks might have difficulty spotting
if only they had access to better attack data.
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Bingo.
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