How the US may already be losing the cyberwar

In a sobering interview with Smithsonian Magazine recently, Richard “Dick” Clarke — the former head of US counterterrorism under three Presidents — spoke candidly about the weakness of America’s cyber-warfare defenses. A chief counterterrorism official under George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush, Clarke became notorious for his often-scathing…

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Ministry of Defence admits losing 188 laptops

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has admitted losing 280 computers in the last 18 months but claimed that in almost all cases encryption would have been in place to ensure data security. In a blog post, the Ministry reacted to defence secretary Andrew Robathan’s revelation in a parliamentary written…

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