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The Internet: Just Not Worth It
 The Internet:
 Just Not Worth It 
OPINION
Jul 1, 2013 8:42 AM CDT

The Internet: Just Not Worth It

Robert Samuelson: Cyberwar risk outweighs Internet's benefits

(Newser) - As more and more of our infrastructure, from power to hospitals to airlines, becomes dependent on the Internet, the dangers of cyberwar increase. And though Robert Samuelson admits that the Internet is "the technological marvel of the age," at this point, its risks outweigh its benefits, he writes...

What We Can Learn From Snowden's Job Title

As an 'infrastructure analyst,' he was supposed to identify cyberwar targets

(Newser) - President Obama seemed to be downplaying Edward Snowden's importance when he dismissed him as "a 29-year-old hacker." But hacking was, in a sense, Snowden's actual job description, the New York Times points out. Officials have been careful not to mention Snowden's actual title, which was...

White House's New Leak Villain: Former Top General

James Cartwright faces investigation over Stuxnet worm story

(Newser) - The Obama White House has prosecuted or charged eight people under the Espionage Act thus far—and another one is under investigation. Retired four-star Marine Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright, former deputy chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, got a letter saying he was facing an inquiry over the...

Growing Threat to Medical Gadgets: Malware

FDA calls on manufacturers to devise security plans

(Newser) - What happens when malware attacks the very devices keeping us healthy? The threat has the FDA concerned, the Wall Street Journal reports: "We are aware of hundreds of medical devices that have been infected by malware," says a senior official. Thus far, there haven't been any known...

China's Spies Have Seen Our Top Weapon Designs

Hackers have accessed info on missile defense, aircraft, ships, more: report

(Newser) - Chinese hackers have managed to access the designs for dozens of America's most advanced weapons systems, according to a confidential report from the Defense Science Board obtained by the Washington Post . The designs accessed include the heart of the Pentagon's missile defense shield for Asia, along with combat...

US Power Co. Cyberattacked 10K Times a Month

Finding comes amid report on vulnerability of our grid

(Newser) - Could foreign hackers take out America's electric grid? A new congressional report says it's a very real threat, with more than a dozen of nearly 100 electric utilities surveyed reporting constant or frequent cyberattacks, Reuters reports. One utility said it was battered by a staggering 10,000 attacks...

Hackers Access Data on 1M in Washington State

Hack affects those with recent run-ins with the law

(Newser) - Hackers managed to gain access to up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver's license numbers in a February cyber-attack on Washington state's Administrative Office of the Courts, the AP reports. So far, officials can only say for sure that 94 Social Security numbers were...

Feds, Banks Brace as Anonymous Vows Giant Hack Today

Hacker groups plot #OpUSA, say May 7 a 'day to remember'

(Newser) - Hackers have spent weeks warning of a giant attack on US government agencies and banks—and today is the day, they say. "Anonymous will make sure that this May 7th will be a day to remember," said the hacker group in a post, per the Huffington Post . The...

Spain: Guy Who 'Slowed the Internet' Did It From a Van

Dutch national accused in Spamhaus hit also operated out of a bunker

(Newser) - Spain has busted the man it says is behind the worst cyberattack ever , and CNN reports that the Interior Ministry says he apparently carried it all out from a van he used "as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies." The 35-year-old Dutch national,...

Man Who 'Slowed the Internet' Arrested: Officials

Sven Kamphuis accused of 'unprecedented heavy attacks'

(Newser) - Spanish police have nabbed a suspect in a cyberattack called the biggest in history . Authorities in Barcelona arrested a Dutch man known as "SK." That's Sven Olaf Kamphuis, the head of Cyberbunker, an organization opposed to spam-fighting group Spamhaus, a friend says. Kamphuis is "suspected of...

Hackers Hit Israel Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

No major damage done in 'Operation Israel,' experts say

(Newser) - Pro-Palestinian hackers claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous launched what they described as a "massive cyberassault" on Israel yesterday. The attacks briefly closed down many government websites; the website of Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial, was also briefly taken down ahead of today's Holocaust Memorial Day...

Biggest Cyberattack in History Slows Internet

It all started as a fight over spam

(Newser) - If the Internet seems a little slow to you lately, that's because it's in the midst of what is being called the biggest cyberattack of all time, reports the BBC . The fight is between a spam-fighting group, Spamhaus, and a web-hosting company, Cyberbunker, but it has grown to...

South Korea Fears North Amassing Army of Hackers

Malware a lot easier to make than nukes, experts note

(Newser) - The massive cyberattack that hit South Korea last week may be just a taste of things to come as North Korea builds a team of "cyberwarriors," experts say. South Korean investigators have yet to prove that Pyongyang was behind the attack, but authorities in Seoul say Pyongyang has...

South Korea Cyberattack Traced to China IP Address

But that doesn't mean North Korea is off the hook

(Newser) - No one knows who launched yesterday's cyberattack in South Korea that crippled 32,000 computers at three TV broadcasters and three banks, but the attack has been traced to a Chinese IP address. That doesn't mean North Korea is in the clear, however; on the contrary, the North...

S. Korea Blames North in Massive Cyberattack

Suspected hack shuts down banks, broadcasters

(Newser) - Computer networks at two major South Korean banks and three top TV broadcasters went into shutdown mode en masse today, paralyzing a largely cash-less country and prompting speculation of a cyberattack by North Korea. Machines went down promptly at 2pm local time, with skulls popping up on the screens of...

US Spy Chiefs: Cyber Threat Is on Par With Terrorism

Cyber Command looks to go on offense

(Newser) - With China , Iran , and other countries increasingly hacking the United States, its infrastructure, and its companies, the Pentagon is stepping up its cyber defense operations in a major way—provided Washington's budget battles don't hamstring its efforts, reports the Washington Post . Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the...

Exec Orders on Cybersecurity Due Tomorrow

But White House still wants Congress to act

(Newser) - President Obama's hotly rumored executive orders to beef up cybersecurity for companies operating America's critical infrastructure are coming tomorrow morning, sources tell the Hill . Obama is expected to mention cybersecurity briefly in tonight's State of the Union address, as he did in last year's; but, with...

WSJ Hacked by China, Too
 WSJ Hacked by China, Too 
Feb 1, 2013 8:34 AM CST

WSJ Hacked by China, Too

Bloomberg News was also a target

(Newser) - It looks like Chinese hackers set their sights on more than one major US newspaper. On the heels of Wednesday night's announcement that the New York Times was infiltrated by hackers, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that it, too, was breached. While the Journal has been subject to...

Pentagon on Cybersecurity Force: Quintuple It

900-member Cyber Command will soon be 5 times larger

(Newser) - Last year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of a " cyber Pearl Harbor "; now, the Pentagon is preparing for a digital battlefield. It's ballooning its Cyber Command from 900 people to a 4,900-strong combination of troops and civilians, the Washington Post reports—even as the government plans...

US Positive Iran Is Behind Wave of Banking Hacks

Cyberattacks have caused online slowdowns at several sites

(Newser) - Just about every big American bank has been hit by cyberattacks in recent months, and while one obscure overseas group has claimed responsibility, US officials think the real culprit is Iran, reports the New York Times . The attacks are too sophisticated to be the work of amateurs and smack of...

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