http://www.canada.com/technology/Canadian+cyber+security+experts+warn/3911521/story.html By JASON MAGDER The Gazette December 1, 2010 Experts warn the Canadian government and Canadian companies are vulnerable to data loss, on the same scale as the WikiLeaks scandal that has rocked the United States government. This week, the WikiLeaks website released thousands of documents of secret data gleaned from the computers of U.S. embassies around the world. In reaction, the U.S. government has said it will improve its information security systems, including adding a system to track who gets access to sensitive data, and what they do with it. Information security experts warn, however, that Canadian corporations and several government departments are not properly ensuring sensitive data aren't stolen or lost. This is especially problematic because attacks by hackers are on the increase and are becoming more sophisticated. The experts warn that countries and terrorist organizations are increasingly relying on hacker techniques to wage war on their enemies. An example of this came in a WikiLeaks report that the U.S. government believes the Chinese government hacked Google servers with the intention to sabotage the search giant, which had said it would not bow to Chinese censors. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Dec 01 2010 - 22:29:57 PST
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