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Attempts by cyber-criminals and hostile intelligence agencies to attack the British government have been outlined by the foreign secretary.
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Some computers belonging to the British government had been infected with the "Zeus" computer virus, he said, after users had opened an e-mail purporting to come from the White House and followed a link.
...by cyber-criminals and hostile intelligence agencies...
Originally posted by exile1981
The easiest way to prevent these attacks is to just cut off China from the internet. China has more people in there cyber warfare division then the US has in it's armed forces.
Originally posted by Maxmars
...by cyber-criminals and hostile intelligence agencies...
Are these two separate groups? Or is it that they don't really know who it is?
Also, the Zeus (also known as Zbot, PRG, Wsnpoem, Gorhax and Kneber) is a keylogging Trojan.
Some claim it is a tool for stealing banking information.
Either way, it's presence hardly constitutes an "attack". It's more of a theft attempt.
Or has the definition of Zeus changed?
Besides, the infection incident he references happened a year ago, whereas the BBC article headline seems designed to imply that this is an emergent situation..... for shame BBC.... for shame.edit on 4-2-2011 by Maxmars because: hit submit too soon
Originally posted by exile1981
The easiest way to prevent these attacks is to just cut off China from the internet. China has more people in there cyber warfare division then the US has in it's armed forces.
Originally posted by Maxmars
...by cyber-criminals and hostile intelligence agencies...
Are these two separate groups? Or is it that they don't really know who it is?
Besides, the infection incident he references happened a year ago, whereas the BBC article headline seems designed to imply that this is an emergent situation..... for shame BBC.... for shame.edit on 4-2-2011 by Maxmars because: hit submit too soon