(Reuters – Miyoung Kim, Jonathan Hopfner) – South Korea’ communications regulator said Thursday hackers from China had attacked an Internet portal and blogging site operated by SK Comms, accessing the personal information of up to 35 million users in what could be the country’s biggest cyber attack so far. The incident follows a series of hacking …
Australia : Hackers now a top security menace
Australians will be warned today of a serious risk to national security as foreign hackers intensify their efforts to bring down computer networks operated by the Government, banks and phone companies. Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland will paint the sombre scenario when he presents a threat analysis developed by Australia’s most secret spy organisations. »These attacks …
US: if you hack us, we may use military action
The US this week revealed its « International Strategy for Cyberspace » with the subtitle of « Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networked World ». The 30-page PDF document praises cyberspace and generally says nothing too exciting. It does, however, mention how the US government could respond to cyber-attacks, especially if someone were to pull off a serious …
