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Report: Foreign Countries Develop U.S. Defense Systems Software
From: "worried security" <worriedsecurity () googlemail com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:51:00 +0000
America's reliance on security systems developed by foreign nations could pose problems in the future. Adversaries are developing key hardware and software for the United States Department of Defense. The Defense Science Board Task Force (dsbt) issued a September 2007 report warning, "The United States must now confront—and plan for—the reality that adversaries may well be supplying the key hardware and software on which the U.S. bases its military and economic superiority." The primary fear is that foreign-developed security software may come preprogrammed with backdoors and malicious code that would allow hackers to steal information or sabotage the system. Because it is cheaper to do so, the U.S. has outsourced much of its government software development, including Department of Security software, to foreign nations—primarily India, China and Russia. While the U.S. saves money in this arrangement, it is likely to pay in national security. http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4524.2780.0.0 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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