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Japan wages 'cyber war' against hackers
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:47:36 -0500
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=002549632124328&pg=/et/00/10/24/wcyb24.html By Juliet Hindell in Tokyo Tuesday 24 October 2000 JAPAN is preparing to use electronic weapons to destroy the computers of hackers trying to infiltrate the country's defence systems. The move follows raids on government computer systems. The Japan Defence Agency is expected to deploy the "cyber squad". Leading computer experts will design software which will be capable of launching anti-hacking and anti-virus attacks. In January, hackers broke into official websites at the Science and Technology Agency and the Management and Co-ordination Agency and left critical messages and links to pornographic sites. Key data, including census figures, were erased from one site. Chinese hackers were suspected as some of the messages were in Chinese and criticised Japan's attitude to dealing with atrocities committed by Japanese troops during the Second World War. The incidents revealed how vulnerable Japan's computer systems were to hackers. Analysts remain sceptical of the government's ability to control the internet. Successful hackers say sites are easy to access and they can launch their own counter-attacks against the new cyber weapons. *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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