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Cyberstalkers Threaten Pipeline Security
2013-01-10 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In a recent annual review, a team at the Department of Homeland Security that works to counter the threat of attacks on critical computer infrastructure counted 198 incidents in fiscal 2012. The events reported ranged from the use of malware to sabotage systems to phishing attacks for retrieving sensitive information. In roughly 40 percent of those cases, the target was the energy sector an alarming rate, the report said. Last year the Obama administration championed passage of a Cybersecurity...
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