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U.S. studies Web security measures – Durango Herald

WASHINGTON – The government is reviewing an Australian program that will allow Internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are taken over by hackers and could limit online access if people don’t fix the problem. Obama administration …
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U.S. Power Plants at Risk of Attack by Computer Virus – Berkeley Voice

WASHINGTON — A sophisticated worm designed to infiltrate industrial control systems could be used as a blueprint to sabotage machines that are critical to U.S. power plants, electrical grids and other infrastructure, experts are warning. The discovery of …
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U.S. power plants at risk of attack by computer virus like Stuxnet – Washington Post

A sophisticated worm designed to infiltrate industrial control systems could be used as a blueprint to sabotage machines that are critical to U.S. power plants, electrical grids and other infrastructure, experts are warning. The discovery of Stuxnet which …
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Stealthy Government Contractor Monitors U.S. Internet Providers, Says It Employed Wikileaks Informant (Andy Greenberg/The Firewall)

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Stealthy Government Contractor Monitors U.S. Internet Providers, Says It Employed Wikileaks Informant  —  A semi-secret government contractor that calls itself Project Vigilant surfaced at the Defcon security conference Sunday with a series of revelations: that it monitors the traffic …

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