U.S. Cites Cyber Threats to Businesses Abroad
An AP newswire article, via The Boston Globe, reports that:
Cyberattacks in Europe, theft of intellectual property in Asia, natural disasters in Latin America and terrorism on many continents were among the threats U.S. businesses faced in 2007, a State Department report said Thursday.More here.
In Europe, two weeks of attacks by computer interlopers that crippled government and corporate Web sites beginning in late April raised a new worry that U.S. companies also could be vulnerable to attack by computer.
"It is vital to recognize that these attacks can easily be replicated against a new target, including the U.S. private sector," the State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council warned in its annual report.
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