FBI: RELENTLESS HACKING BEHIND 'UNPRECEDENTED’ GOVT-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, September 12, 2014, 11:15

Reuters / Hyungwon Kang

Every sector of the United States government has likely been hacked at some point, according to the FBI, which has lent to “unprecedented” partnerships with private industry to protect financial interests targeted by “a wide range of cyber adversaries.”

Top cybersecurity officials in the federal government told a Senate panel on Wednesday that high-profile cyberattacks on major retailers such as Target and Home Depot have been a topic of major concern for the US Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other counterterrorism units.

“The bottom line is, we’re losing a lot of data, money and innovation” to cyber breaches, said Robert Anderson, executive assistant director for the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services branch.

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