At a rare open hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified that threats from cyber-espionage and cyber-attacks will surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the United States.
“Stopping terrorists is the number one priority,” said Mueller. “But down the road, the cyber threat will be the number one threat to the country. I do not think today it is necessarily [the] number one threat, but it will be tomorrow.”
Not three days later, hackers released a recording of an intercepted call between FBI agents and their U.K. counterparts investigating the Anonymous and LulzSec collectives. Some have speculated this means that at least one person at the FBI has had their email compromised.
(MORE: Hackers Intercept FBI, Scotland Yard Call)
An annoyed FBI confirmed the eavesdropping to the AP and said it was mounting an investigation. It’s no wonder they see cyber-attacks as a number one threat.
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/02/06/fbi-hacked-while-congress-ponders-cybersecurity-legislation/#ixzz1lgqTvDzo
I'm not a hacker or even a genius with a PC, merely interested in the 'growth industry' of cyber, or information, security and will share any stories and news items I find on the subject.
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