"Hackers have breached top secret MoD systems, cyber-security chief admits
Major General Jonathan Shaw says 'it was a surprise to people quite how vulnerable we are'
Nick Hopkins Thursday 3 May 2012 16.29 BST
Shaw said the UK had to develop an array of its own cyber-weapons because it was impossible to create entirely secure computer systems. Photograph: Daniel Law/PA
Computer hackers have managed to breach some of the top secret systems within the Ministry of Defence, the military's head of cyber-security has revealed.
Major General Jonathan Shaw told the Guardian the number of successful attacks was hard to quantify but they had added urgency to efforts to beef up protection around the MoD's networks.
"The number of serious incidents is quite small, but it is there," he said. "And those are the ones we know about. The likelihood is there are problems in there we don't know about."
Government computer systems come under daily attack, but though Shaw would not say how or by whom, this is the first admission that the MoD's own systems have been breached.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, took its website offline on Wednesday night after becoming the target of a cyber-attack. A spokesman said the attack did not pose a security risk to the organisation. ...(Continues) ..."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/03/hackers-breached-secret-mod-systems
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Major General Jonathan Shaw says 'it was a surprise to people quite how vulnerable we are'
Nick Hopkins Thursday 3 May 2012 16.29 BST
Shaw said the UK had to develop an array of its own cyber-weapons because it was impossible to create entirely secure computer systems. Photograph: Daniel Law/PA
Computer hackers have managed to breach some of the top secret systems within the Ministry of Defence, the military's head of cyber-security has revealed.
Major General Jonathan Shaw told the Guardian the number of successful attacks was hard to quantify but they had added urgency to efforts to beef up protection around the MoD's networks.
"The number of serious incidents is quite small, but it is there," he said. "And those are the ones we know about. The likelihood is there are problems in there we don't know about."
Government computer systems come under daily attack, but though Shaw would not say how or by whom, this is the first admission that the MoD's own systems have been breached.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, took its website offline on Wednesday night after becoming the target of a cyber-attack. A spokesman said the attack did not pose a security risk to the organisation. ...(Continues) ..."
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/03/hackers-breached-secret-mod-systems
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