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Hackers are targeting small and medium-sized businesses, and the existing framework for sharing important information is leaving these US companies out of the loop.

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U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign

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The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series explores Russia’s wartime cyber operations and broader cyber web.

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Feb 11, 2013

U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  A new intelligence assessment has concluded that the United States is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country’s economic competitiveness, according to individuals familiar with the report.

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Feb 4, 2013

Rasmussen: What will NATO do next?

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  [W]hat will NATO do next?

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Feb 4, 2013

Cyberwar, out of the shadows

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

From Editorial Board, Washington Post:  [N]ow that the United States is going beyond defense, expanding forces for offensive attack, there’s a crying need for more openness. So far, forces exist almost entirely in the shadows.

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Feb 4, 2013

Secret legal review argues that Obama has power to launch a pre-emptive cyber strike

By David Sanger and Thom Shanker, New York Times

From David Sanger and Thom Shanker, New York Times:  A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved […]

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Feb 2, 2013

US preparing intelligence assessment of cyber threat from China

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies.

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Feb 1, 2013

New York Times case sheds light on China’s ‘vast army of hackers’

By Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian

From Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian:  "This is business-as-usual from what we can tell for aspects of the Chinese government," said Marc Frons, head of the newspaper’s digital technology and its chief information officer.

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Feb 1, 2013

Estonia’s Defense Minister Stresses EU-NATO Cyber Cooperation

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu strongly supported EU-NATO cyber defense cooperation at the Jan. 30 Global Cyber Security Conference here.

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Jan 31, 2013

NATO will be able to deploy cyber Rapid Reaction Teams by autumn 2013

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO has continued to implement its new cyber defence policy through a comprehensive and ambitious action plan launched in October 2011.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2013

Cyber Command Expanding Five Fold

By Jason Healey

Cyber Command will find great opportunities but face significant challenges as it expands from 900 cyber warriors to nearly 5000. Its predecessor started with just 25 people in 1998. So in one sense, this increase represents continuity, just another in a series of expansions. But the size of the increase, and the addition of a new mission, […]

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Jan 28, 2013

Putin orders Russia’s intelligence service to expand cyber protection

By Andrei Soldatov, Moscow Times

From Andrei Soldatov, Moscow Times:  President Vladimir Putin recently ordered the Federal Security Service to create a system to allow the state to detect, prevent and disable cyberattacks in Russia and at diplomatic stations abroad.

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