WSJ's Devlin Barrett reports the FBI is struggling to combat cyberattacks by hackers. "We're not winning," FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry said. AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari
U.S. Outgunned In Hacker War -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation's top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation's efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks: "We're not winning," he said.
Shawn Henry, who is preparing to leave the FBI after more than two decades with the bureau, said in an interview that the current public and private approach to fending off hackers is "unsustainable.'' Computer criminals are simply too talented and defensive measures too weak to stop them, he said.
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My Comment: With the exception of the experts in law enforcement/intelligence community.... no one is taking this seriously. I guess we will need to have a cyber 9/11 to wake everyone up.
1 comment:
Agreed...
It's sad, but it's true that it will take a major disaster on some level to wake everyone up to the potential threats out there.
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