Forum Views ()
Forum Replies ()
Read more with google mobile :
Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns
|
Edition:
U.S.
Article
Comments (0)
Editor's Choice
Medicare will keep covering Roche's Avastin
Apple, RIM win $4.5 billion Nortel patent auction
Europe and U.S. in clash over airline emissions
Montana blocks new curbs on medical marijuana
FTC reviewing Twitter: reports
Global warming no friend of California wines
Goodbye gas? GM gives natural gas cars a boost
Cyber attacks outpace global response
U.N. peacekeepers likely caused Haiti cholera
Comment: Google probe may resemble Microsoft’s in end alone
Video: Product barcodes get creative upgrade
Follow Reuters
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
YouTube
Read
Venezuela army assures calm after Chavez surgery
|
10:05am EDT
Nearsightedness linked to serious eye disease
30 Jun 2011
Strauss-Kahn twist may change stakes in France
|
9:06am EDT
Older interns signal gloomy labor market
30 Jun 2011
Strauss-Kahn released without bail
|
11:53am EDT
Discussed
99
Top Republicans insist no taxes in debt deal
86
White House snubs McConnell invitation to Obama
75
U.S. cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting
Watched
Hefner's revenge; Ryan Reynolds stops traffic
Fri, Jun 17 2011
A Tokyo-Paris flight in under three hours on the horizon
Fri, Jun 24 2011
Justin Wolfers on America's lost decade
Thu, Jun 30 2011
Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns
Tweet
Share this
Email
Print
Related News
Russia: arming Libya rebels is "crude violation"
Thu, Jun 30 2011
France defends arms airlift to Libyan rebels
Wed, Jun 29 2011
Police search Kabul hotel after Taliban attack kills 9
Wed, Jun 29 2011
Special Report: A little house of secrets on the Great Plains
Tue, Jun 28 2011
UK teenager charged with hacking attacks: police
Wed, Jun 22 2011
Analysis & Opinion
Tech wrap: Google probed
Transcript of Carlos Ghosn interview
Related Topics
Technology »
Media »
By Michael Shields
VIENNA |
Fri Jul 1, 2011 6:39am EDT
VIENNA (Reuters) - The technical sophistication of cybercriminals is swamping the world's ability to cope, a top U.S. official warned on Friday, demanding an accelerated cross-border campaign to combat the security threat.
"Most countries don't even have a legal framework that really governs cyber. It is such a new phenomenon in that regard so the legal systems -- both domestic and international -- have not kept pace with the technological advances we have seen," U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said.
"And that is just the plain fact of it. We need to accelerate that in response," she told reporters in Vienna.
Prominent cyber attacks of late have targeted the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Senate, and companies such as Citigroup and Lockheed Martin Corp.
The attacks have raised questions about the security of government and corporate computer systems and the ability of law enforcement to track down hackers.
Napolitano, in Vienna to address an international security conference, declined to comment on the status of investigations into these cases but stressed countries had to step up their ability to cooperate.
"I would have to say that we are still at the nascent stage. There is no comprehensive international framework" for approaching the issue, she told reporters, adding that the situation was no better in the European Union.
"We are all scrambling but we are scrambling with some of the best minds in the world and we are confident that from a technological point of view we are going to get to a satisfactory resolution of some of these difficult problems.
"Right now there needs to be some sort of international legal framework to address those and that does not yet exist."
A senior Chinese official denied last week there was any cyber warfare going on between China and the United States, after weeks of friction over accusations that China may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks.
Accusations against China have centered on an intrusion into the networks of Lockheed Martin and other U.S. military contractors, as well as efforts to gain access to the Google email accounts of U.S. officials and Chinese human rights advocates.
Napolitano deferred to the U.S. State Department questions about any heightened security concerns for Americans abroad. She said her department would operate normally even if the U.S. government partially shut down in a row over borrowing limits.
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Technology
Media
Related Quotes and News
Company
Price
Related News
Tweet this
Link this
Share this
Digg this
Email
Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment on reuters.com.
Add yours using the box above.
Social Stream (What's this?)
© Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters
Editorial Editions:
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
Reuters
Contact Us
Advertise With Us
Help
Journalism Handbook
Archive
Site Index
Video Index
Reader Feedback
Mobile
Newsletters
RSS
Podcasts
Widgets
Your View
Analyst Research
Thomson Reuters
Copyright
Disclaimer
Privacy
Professional Products
Professional Products Support
Financial Products
About Thomson Reuters
Careers
Online Products
Acquisitions Monthly
Buyouts
Venture Capital Journal
International Financing Review
Project Finance International
PEhub.com
PE Week
FindLaw
Super Lawyers Attorney Rating Service
Reuters on Facebook
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.
Other News on Friday, 1 July 2011 Venezuelans scour video for Chavez health clues
|
Analysis: U.S. overtures to Egypt Islamists show pragmatism
|
Sudan grants U.N. limited access to tense border area
|
Irish activists say Israel sabotaged flotilla vessel
|
U.S. mens volleyball has home court in World League matchup vs. Puerto Rico
Ivory Coast has urgent need to restore order: U.N.
|
Researchers say new botnet TDL-4 poses big threat
Larry Mize set to defend title at Montreal Champonship
City council to consider urban deer hunts in Morgantown, West Virginia
Mike Woodson has second interview with Pistons
China opens worlds longest sea bridge
Blazers want Greg Oden to remain in Portland; extend $8M qualifying offer
Hamels hurts hand, Red Sox blanking Phils 3-0 in seventh
Oil and gas drilling surges despite increased oversight
Google stops invitations to new social network
|
Pitbull earns first-ever #1 single on Billboard Hot 100 with 'Give Me Everything'
Facebook plans awesome launch next week: CEO
|
Judge lets Wi-Fi case proceed against Google
|
Court set to approve DBSD's $1.4 billion sale to Dish
|
Tudors star Rhys Meyers hospitalized: report
|
Comedian Colbert lampoons campaign finance laws
|
MSNBC suspends analyst Halperin for Obama remark
|
Venezuela's Chavez says he was treated for cancer
|
French arms to Libya rebels expose tensions over war
|
Failing to move Russia, EU and U.S. slam Syria at U.N.
|
Women's World Cup: France bombards Canada, Germany edges Nigeria
Greece passes second austerity legislation
Roadside bomb kills 13 Afghan civilians
|
Errors in electronic drug prescription match handwritten
No Basketball Association? League to lock out players as of midnight
Banged up, but Phils pitcher Cole Hamels will make next start
Courts Go Rough on Financial Firms That Contributed to Mortgage Collapses
International panel to probe uprising in Bahrain
|
Samsung asks ITC to stop sale of Apple smartphones, tablets
Boston bashers: Phils lose game, but not Hamels; pitcher struck by drive is OK
Adam Scott, Hunter Haas share first round lead at AT&T National
New York Proposes Ban on Fracking Near Watershed and State Land
RIM agrees to study board changes; avoids vote
|
Japan's Hoya to sell Pentax camera business to Ricoh
|
Apple, RIM in group buying Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion
|
Justin Timberlake: Stealth Silicon Valley angel?
|
Chinese police arrest 36 in Alibaba.com fraud sting
|
Thais face jail if they send campaign Tweets during poll
|
Samsung Electronics creates component division as LCD struggles
|
Tudors star Rhys Meyers hospitalized: report
|
Voice coaches to return to welcome NBC TV hit
|
Thaksin looms large as Thai parties make final campaign push
|
Nine killed as Syrian protesters tell Assad to go
|
Greek coastguard intercepts Gaza ship: activist
|
Turnout key as Moroccans vote on king's reforms
|
Opposition to Iran's rulers growing: Nobel laureate
|
Cuba plans limited housing and auto market
|
Cheyenne Woods keeps rolling at USGA women's public links
Africa's youth
Yemenis turn Friday prayers to political rallies
|
Aguilera, other coaches sign on for second season of "The Voice"
Danish company restricts distribution of drug for U.S. executions
Minnesota state government shuts down over budget impasse
U.S. government sues former astronaut over lunar camera
Eritrean refugees battle for better life in Sudan
Making the water safer
High hopes
Panetta sworn-in as new Defense Secretary
BCS chief Bill Hancock, DOJ meet on bowl selection system
FTC reviewing Twitter: reports
|
Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns
|
Facebook crashes advertising industry party
|
EU to reveal mobile roaming price cap plan
|
Germany's kitchen robots learn to be more human
|
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights