LONDON (Reuters) – An apparent cyber attack on Iran shows the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure systems to attack through widely used computer programs and imported technology. Iranian officials said Sunday that the Stuxnet worm had …
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OTTAWA — The federal government is spending $3.5 million to guard its computer system from hackers and cyber attacks. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says the money is part of $90 million over five years in the budget under the government’s cyber …
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Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Iran ‘detains western spies’ after cyber attack on nuclear plant — Iranian government accuses the west of launching an ‘electronic war’ following sophisticated Stuxnet worm attack — Iran has detained several “spies” it claims were behind cyber attacks on its nuclear programme.
A computer virus that attacks a widely used industrial system appears aimed mostly at Iran and its sophistication suggests a state may have been involved in creating it, Western cyber security companies said on Friday. Kevin Hogan, Senior Director of …
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