We know there are criminals using the net, and also that hackers can infiltrate anyone’s computer. At the government level it’s not only a murky worry, but has become a battle for who will monitor it all and how we will fight cyberwars. And not everything you hear is true.TRANSCRIPT: Stan Correy: The enemy is out there, in cyberspace, loading up and aiming the Trojan-laden botnet bullets. But who exactly is the enemy? Are they the Chinese, the Russians, or roving gangs of freelance hackers, who work for whoever has the most cash?This uncertainty worries people like Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, who put a quote from the People’s Liberation Daily up on his PowerPoint at a recent security conference. Here’s a reading..Reader: An adversary wishing to destroy the United States only has to mess up the computer systems of its banks by high tech means. This would disrupt and destroy the US economy.Stan Correy: The man who put up that quote, General Alexander, is in charge of America’s most secretive intelligence agency, the NSA, or National Security Agency, and is also now head of the Pentagon’s new Cyber Command.To listen to this radio programme or download the transcript, see:
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