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73 percent of people in the world have experienced some form of cyber crime, 55 percent have been victims of computer viruses, and only 13 percent feel “very safe” while online.
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Cyber experts warn that an “electronic Pearl Harbor” could be inflicted on the U.S. in a mere 15 minutes.
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When analysts at Google examined several million web pages for the presence of malicious software in 2010, they determined that 4.5 million of the web pages they examined were suspicious in nature. After further testing of those pages, over one million were found to automatically launch downloads of malicious software to one’s computer.
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One highly virulent computer virus that assaulted cyberspace in 2009 (and is still active as of today) has been called “a cyber shot heard around the world,” a “first-of-its-kind guided cyber missile,” a “cyber superweapon,” the “first direct example of weaponized software,” and “a working and fearsome prototype of a cyber-weapon that will lead to a new arms race in the world.... This time it will be a cyber arms race.”
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In the United States, a single cyber attack from North Korea knocked out the websites of the U.S. Treasury, the Secret Service, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Transportation. Also hit were the websites of NASDAQ, New York Mercantile, the New York Stock Exchange, and The Washington Post.
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“Logic bombs”—packets of malicious software code—have already been inserted into the computers and networks that control U.S. power grids. They have been pre-positioned there by the Russians and the Chinese, for future use. These logic bombs are just waiting for a signal from one of these countries, and once activated, electricity will be knocked out in the U.S. for a significant time.
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The number of “security events” per month related to the United States Senate is now about 1.8 billion (yes, billion).
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There are 13.9 million computer attacks launched each day against the Senate Security Operations Center.
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The amount of data that has been stolen from U.S. networks via cyber espionage amounts to thousands of terabytes—ten times the amount of information stored in the U.S. Library of Congress.
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For eighteen minutes in April of 2010, China’s state-controlled telecommunications company hijacked 15 percent of the entire world’s Internet traffic, including data from the U.S. military, civilian organizations, and those of other U.S. allies.
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Chinese cyber espionage hackers were able to steal multiple terabytes of data on the new F-35 jet fighter from the computer networks of the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command, the Naval Ocean Systems Center, the Missile Defense Agency, and Sandia National Laboratories.
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1300 computers at several embassies were penetrated by Chinese computer hackers through cyberspace, giving its government the ability to remotely activate the camera (webcam) and microphone on computers without alerting embassy users that this was happening. (This peeping Tom/eavesdropping cyber espionage went on for two years before being discovered.)
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Israel utilized a sophisticated cyber attack to render Syria’s radar system completely “blind” to its incoming fighter jets.
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Presently more than 140 countries around the world field cyber warfare capabilities.
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Malicious computer hackers often tweak their viruses until they are no longer recognized by today’s popular antivirus software programs. The viruses are then unleashed on cyberspace.
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Today one can hire services on the Internet to launch cyber attacks against targeted websites or networks. Twenty dollars a month is an economy attack package, while one hundred dollars a month buys you deluxe attack capabilities.
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