Is the United States losing the War on Hackers?

 

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Is the United States losing the War on Hackers?

Posted on March 31, 2012 by computer advisor
In an interview The Wall Street Journal Shawn Henry, FBI executive assistant director and top man, said that the United States is not winning in battling hackers even though they have arrested several popularly known hackers such as "Saba".
Despite several worldwide arrest made to hackers, attacks are continually bombarding the US government he further added. Just last week, hackers attacked a military dating website and posted the information on nearly 171,000 accounts on Paste bin.
"I don't see how we ever come out of this without changes in technology or changes in behavior, because with the status quot, it's an unsustainable model," Henry told the Journal. "Unsustainable in that you never get ahead, never become secure, never have a reasonable expectation of privacy or security."
In a related statement made yesterday by National Security Agency Chief Gen. Keith Alexander. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Alexander said that China is stealing a "great deal" of the U.S. military's intellectual property and so far, the U.S. has done little to stop it.
The main issue to resolve for the government and privately owned companies is that there is a large number of hackers and they are coming from different points of entry to steal information. Henry further stated that if a hacker is arrested there is already another hacker who is willing to take the position.
Henry Shawn is leaving FBI and joining the private sector in battling cyber threats.

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