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Cybersecurity experts are busy lobbying Congress for protections from
liability lawsuits but some analysts say the media may be over-stating the
risks from terrorist cyber attacks. Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security
says, "Terrorists are only recently starting to realize the benefits of
having people within their organizations that have real hacking skills," and
University of South California professor of communications Douglas Thomas
adds: "Cyber-terrorism is a lot more difficult than many people assume."
Even so, security expert Stanley Jarocki warns that terrorists could do a
lot of damage by cracking U.S. corporate systems: "Today, some say it would
be easier for a terrorist to attack a dam by hacking into its
command-and-control computer network than it would be to obtain and deliver
the tons of explosives needed to blow it up. Even more frightening, such
destruction can be launched remotely, either from the safety of the
terrorist's living room, or their hideout cave." [AP/USA Today 24 Jul 2002;
NewsScan Daily, 25 July 2002]
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2002-07-24-cybersecurity-protection_x.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/
2002-07-24-cybersecurity-protection_x.htm ["NewsScan" via risks-digest Volume 22, Issue 18]
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The West Midlands Police force, in association with the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) launched a computer program to target online paedophiles. Developed in-house by the West Midlands Police force, the software trawls sites that contain potentially illegal images of child abuse and tracks users who attempt to download such images. Any images downloaded show a graphic police warning indicating that the perpetrator's actions could result in prosecution. [Quick Links Computercrime Cybercrime]
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The West Midlands Police force, in association with the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) launched a computer program to target online paedophiles. Developed in-house by the West Midlands Police force, the software trawls sites that contain potentially illegal images of child abuse and tracks users who attempt to download such images. Any images downloaded show a graphic police warning indicating that the perpetrator's actions could result in prosecution. [Quick Links Computercrime Cybercrime]
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Maximillian Dornseif, 2002.
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