“Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday she would consider having tech companies participate with the government in “proactive” efforts to combat hackers based in foreign countries.” (Source: Homeland Security chief contemplating proactive cyber attacks – San Jose Mercury News.) Article source: Here Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Fedcybercom/~3/MHHq5yVqZJE/

“The US and China have been discreetly engaging in “war games” amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity of Beijing-co-ordinated cyber attacks on western governments and big business, the Guardian has learned.” (Source: US and China engage in cyber war games | Technology | guardian.co.uk.)   Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Fedcybercom/~3/83-0fOwQoS0/

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“A series of hacks perpetrated against so-called “smart meter” installations over the past several years may have cost a single U.S. electric utility hundreds of millions of dollars annually, the FBI said in a cyber intelligence bulletin obtained by KrebsOnSecurity. The law enforcement agency said this is the first known report of criminals compromising the [...]

“A computer hacker stole Social Security numbers for 280,000 Utahns and swiped names, addresses and birth dates for 500,000 others, state officials said today.” (Source: Hacker steals data on 780,000 Utahns from state computer.) Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Fedcybercom/~3/NjQXY74tCa8/

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