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[ PRIVACY Forum ] The Secret Cyberwar
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Thu Jun 13 23:56:49 2013
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The Secret Cyberwar
http://j.mp/197irGF (Wired)
Alexander runs the nation's cyberwar efforts, an empire he has built
over the past eight years by insisting that the US's inherent
vulnerability to digital attacks requires him to amass more and more
authority over the data zipping around the globe. In his telling, the
threat is so mind-bogglingly huge that the nation has little option
but to eventually put the entire civilian Internet under his
protection, requiring tweets and emails to pass through his filters,
and putting the kill switch under the government's forefinger. "What
we see is an increasing level of activity on the networks," he said at
a recent security conference in Canada. "I am concerned that this is
going to break a threshold where the private sector can no longer
handle it and the government is going to have to step in."
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Get the picture? And follow the money!
--Lauren--
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