[ISN] Hackers will not be deterred by UK cyber defences, report warns

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:22:33 -0600 (CST)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/17/hackers-uk-cyber-defences

By Owen Bowcott
The Guardian
17 January 2011 

Military "cyber weaponry" will become commonplace this century, but it 
will be unlikely to deter attacks by "hacktivists" and criminal gangs, 
and could easily be used for state-sponsored cyber attacks instead, the 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warns.

The British authors of the study, which is released today, also caution 
that "lurid language" and lobbying by technology firms distort the 
government's plans to protect Britain against cyber attacks.

Professor Peter Sommer of the LSE and Dr Ian Brown of Oxford 
University's internet institute were commissioned by the OECD for one of 
a series of investigations into potential "future global shocks".

Their report comes at a time of heightened awareness of online attacks 
following hacking protests against companies caught up in the WikiLeaks 
controversy.

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