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Cyberwar: American spies versus American cops
07/15/2010
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Kent Finley - July 8, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed sources, that the NSA is launching a program to help protect critical infrastructure - including private enterprises - from cyber attacks. According to the paper, defense contractor Raytheon has received the contract for the project, which would rely on a series of sensors to detect "unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack." This follows the Lieberman-Collins bill passing committee in the Senate.
The Orwellian nature of the name was alledgedly not lost on Raytheon: The Wall Street Journal claims to have seen an internal Raytheon e-mail saying "Perfect Citizen is Big Brother."
Although the project will be mostly aimed at public infrastructure with older computer control systems, such as subways and air-traffic control systems, the paper notes that the program could be of use to private companies like Google and the many other companies who sustained cyber attacks late last year.
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