Thousands of cyber attacks each day on Britain's key utilities
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 24/08/2008 11:52
Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new cyberwar against Britain waged by criminals and terrorists -- some of them backed by foreign states -- the Government has said.
Lord West of Spithead, the Security Minister, told The Times that a mixture of state-sponsored individuals "and those operating at a terrorist level" frequently tried to break into the key networks.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592677.ece
