Cyberspace thieves and pirates who hack government computers should be vigorously combated across the entire US national security landscape according to a report issued by a panel on computer security.In the last few years, lone hackers and/or sophisticated operations backed by unfriendly governments have been able to penetrate many sensitive networks in the Pentagon, FBI, and other agencies. The threat has become so great that an action plan has been proposed: "Responding to a cyber attack is a tough issue," said James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think-tank that organized the commission. "Do operators respond with law enforcement, espionage or military actions? The guidelines are really unclear. The rules designed in the 1980s are slow, and the Internet is fast."The proposals by the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency were being delivered to Capitol Hill during a period of increasing exasperation...(Read Full Post)