Monthly Archives: March 2013

Homeland Security seeks student hackers to help counter cyberthreats

There are “new and rapidly growing threats” of a cyberstrike to the US homeland – perils that will require hundreds of young, college-age hackers to counter an alarming number of daily incursions into the nation’s electrical grid and financial networks, … Continue reading

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Manual Applies Laws of War to Cyber Attacks

LONDON (AP) — Even cyberwar has rules, and one group of experts is putting out a manual to prove it. Their handbook, due to be published later this week, applies the practice of international law to the world of electronic … Continue reading

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Cyberattack on Florida election website points to broad vulnerabilities in the system

Over a 2-1/2 week period last July, more than 2,500 online “phantom requests” for absentee ballots were made to Miami-Dade County election headquarters, marking the first known cyberattack on a US election. The fake requests for ballots targeted the Aug. … Continue reading

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