CYBERSECURITY
God of gods
Joseph Menn
explains why
Zeus has been
such a devil
Page 4FINANCIAL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT | Thursday June 2 2011
www.
ft.
com/cybersecurity2011 | twitter.
com/ftreports
Threats
pile up in
war that
never ends
F
or...
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CYBERSECURITY
God of gods
Joseph Menn
explains why
Zeus has been
such a devil
Page 4FINANCIAL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT | Thursday June 2 2011
www.
ft.
com/cybersecurity2011 | twitter.
com/ftreports
Threats
pile up in
war that
never ends
F
or more than a decade, the task of
securing a personal
computer, corporate
network or internet transmission from hackers has
been one the vast majority
of people, from chief executives and government leaders to consumers, have
tried to foist on others.
That is understandable:
the job is complicated,
unproductive, and never
finished.
But a series of shocking
events in the past year and
a half – from the Chinese
electronic break-in at
Google, to the Stuxnet
worm’s stealthy attack on
the Iranian nuclear programme, to mass breaches
of consumer information at
Sony and elsewhere – have
forced a broad recognition
that despite the hardships,
all those using the net must
accept cybersecurity as part
of their mission.
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