Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks

Jan 29

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A Daily Tech article reports Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks.

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Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks
Michael Barkoviak – January 29, 2010 6:20 AM

Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed

A new study [PDF] that interviewed power plant operators and other “critical infrastructure” indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power plants have had to deal with an increase in cyber attacks.

Security company McAfee funded the research, speaking with 600 IT managers and executives from 14 different nations.

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Army crafts blueprint for cyberwarfare

Sep 11

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Army crafts blueprint for cyberwarfare
By John Milburn – The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Sep 10, 2009 13:01:17 EDT

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The Army is developing its blueprint for battling attackers in cyberspace, the latest writing of a major military playbook aimed at staying ahead of increasingly sophisticated enemies.

Similar to its recently finished manual on the use of electronic warfare, the Army is crafting new concepts for a high-tech battlefield. The 86-page document, an early draft of which was obtained by The Associated Press, tries to account for everything from monitoring the passing of information between enemies to stopping computer hacks from taking on entire networks of machines.

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