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Chinese Cyber Attacks: How to steal a trillion…

  FEBRUARY 19th Mandiant, a security firm, released a report alleging that hackers from a Chinese military outfit known as Unit 61398 were probably behind attacks against more than a hundred companies and government agencies around the world. Without delving into the geopolitics of the the incident, involvement in which the Chinese authorities vehemently deny…

Breaches show how sophisticated industrial espionage is becoming.

Black Swans throughout cyber space. Caveat Emptor The big question: Who’s behind them? Not to long ago, computer hacking was mainly the handiwork of individuals with overactive imaginations and good programming skills, and they often broke into computers for sport. More recently, people with more sinister motives – including organized criminal gangs – have made…