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Internet Safety Experts Speak at “Get Schooled, Kids and Cyber Security” Event – U.S. Department of State

DS Director of the Office of Computer Security, Mary Sue Holland, served as the master of ceremonies. This important event was all about the safety of our children. Recent studies show that kids ages 2-5 can browse the internet, play video games …
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Iranian Military Official: Siemens helped U.S. and Israel in Cyber Attack on Nuclear Program (Haaretz)

Haaretz:
Iranian Military Official: Siemens helped U.S. and Israel in Cyber Attack on Nuclear Program  —  Head of Iran’s civilian defense says German company, Siemens, must share the blame for the Stuxnet virus attack; virus targeted control systems run with Siemens software.

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U.S. says it shut Coreflood computer crime network (Diane Bartz/Reuters)

Diane Bartz / Reuters:
U.S. says it shut Coreflood computer crime network  —  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities say they have shut down a computer crime ring that ran an international fraud scheme and likely infected more than 2 million computers worldwide in the past decade.  —  The malicious software program dubbed Coreflood …

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Study Shows U.S. Lagging in Use of Technology (John Markoff/New York Times)

John Markoff / New York Times:
Study Shows U.S. Lagging in Use of Technology  —  The United States continues to lag other nations in its use of computing and communications technology, according to an annual study issued Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.  —  For the second year in a row, the United States finished fifth …

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