Cyber-attacks against specific organizations or individuals are often launched by sending e-mail that appears to be from a friend or client of the target, but contains a computer virus that enables hackers to access data in the target’s computer system.
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RIM encrypts email messages as they travel between a BlackBerry device and a computer known as BlackBerry Enterprise … after years of negotiations between RIM and the Federal Security Service (FSB) that did not involve handing over encryption codes.
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks ‘Transparency’ — WikiLeaks.org, the online organization that was to post tens of thousands of classified military field reports about the Afghan war on Sunday, says its goal in disclosing secret documents is to reveal “unethical behavior” by governments and corporations.
… Howard Schmidt, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, as well as other influential cybersecurity officials from the European Union, Canada, Japan, India and China. Also on the agenda are the CEOs of AT&T Inc. and computer maker Dell Inc …
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