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As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to US companies for expertise – Washington Post

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to US companies for expertise
Washington Post
In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center. He feared Iran's growing ability to attack its regional foes in

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US official say weak computer security among allies makes sharing cyber information a risk – Washington Post

WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official says international cooperation on developing better tools and methods to prevent cyberattacks is being undermined by poor computer security among U.S. allies. Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, who is director of intelligence …
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Cyberattack linked to North Korea rattles South Korea, allies – Seattle Times

Such an attack is relatively cheap to launch … which uses the same industrial software that was targeted by Stuxnet, a computer virus. Stuxnet damaged centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear plant in 2009 and 2010. A North Korean cyberwarfare …
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