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The Next Wave of Cyberattacks Won't Steal Data ‐ They'll Change It
..."Most of the public discussion regarding cyber threats has focused on the confidentiality and availability of information; cyber espionage undermines confidentiality, whereas denial of service operations and data deletion attacks undermine availability," he wrote. "In the future, however, we might also see more cyber operations that will change or manipulate electronic information in order to compromise its integrity (i.e., accuracy and reliability) instead of deleting it or disrupting access to it." The bottom line, Clapper says: "Decision making by senior government officials (civilian and military), corporate executives, investors, or others will be impaired if they cannot trust the information they are receiving." ... Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-09-11 |
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