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Anti-computer hacking bill coming in U.S. Congress – Reuters

We cannot allow security breaches to undermine our trust in the U.S. economy,” said Menendez, from New Jersey. Hackers working in China broke into computer systems of five multinational oil and gas companies to steal bidding plans and other critical …
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U.S. Lawmakers Probe Exchange Security in Wake of Nasdaq Breach – BusinessWeek

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — U.S. House Republicans are seeking information on computer-network security from regulators and executives from 10 exchanges and clearinghouses amid claims of possible computer hacking into a Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. website.
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Cyber Attacks on U.K., U.S. Exchanges Probed, Times Reports – Bloomberg

A terrorist plot and a cyber attack against the London Stock … the world’s largest maker of computer security software, said in a Nov. 12 study that the so-called Stuxnet virus may have been created to sabotage Iran.
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U.S. code-cracking agency works as if compromised (Jim Wolf/Reuters)

Jim Wolf / Reuters:
U.S. code-cracking agency works as if compromised  —  (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s main code-making and code-cracking agency now works on the assumption that foes may have pierced even the most sensitive national security computer networks under its guard.

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