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Government warned against "picking fights" in cyberwar

Earlier this week, MPs called for the UK's cyber chiefs to step up operations against other countries and foreign companies.

U.S. Government Agencies Gain Emergency Control over Internet

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order — titled "Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions" — that gives to the Federal Government the authority to control communications networks during emergencies.

The right to anonymity on Internet and legal implications

 

Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it

In 2011, the US government rolled out its "International Strategy for Cyberspace," which reminded us that "interconnected networks link nations more closely, so an attack on one nation’s networks may have impact far beyond its borders." An in-depth report today from the New York Times confirms the truth of that statement as it finally lays bare the history and development of the Stuxnet virus—and how it accidentally escaped from the Iranian nuclear facility that was its target.

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