FC: Alarmist London police warn banks to look out for "cyberterrorists"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/000328-000016.html


  Watch out! There's a Cyberterrorist about

  London police are warning banks to look out for cyber terrorists when 
recruiting staff.

  Anarchist sympathisers may try to infiltrate companies and sabotage computer
  systems to help the anti-City protests expected in May, a senior crime 
prevention
  officer said yesterday.

  Norman Russell, head of the City of London police community safety 
branch, said
  firms should grill new staff for any cyber-spy tendencies.

  Job applicants who support the aims of anarchist umbrella group People's 
Global
  Action might help demonstrators enter company buildings during the 
forthcoming Stop
  the City protests. Alternatively, they could insert viruses in computer 
files or leak
  passwords to let hackers penetrate computer systems, the Mail on Sunday 
reports.

  And Russell's advice to spot these saboteurs?

  "Employers should make sure that they take up references of new employees."

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