The government also plans a new Defence Cyber Operations Group - which will include a unit at GCHQ which will develop "new tactics, techniques and plans to deliver military effects, including enhanced security, through operations in cyberspace".

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While Anonymous is often characterized as a group of malicious cyber-terrorists, they struck me more as a group of earnest young protesters with a dark sense of humor and a brilliant knack for viral marketing.

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The teenagers are in a pioneering group of cyber surfers in Kunming, the provincial capital.

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They observed this particular group of cyber hackers attack more than 141 companies in 20 industries since 2006.

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It remains to be seen how this group coheres with the new Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), due to start work at the end of March, particularly as this is also hosted at GCHQ.

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The "cyber war" started at the beginning of the month when a group claiming to be Saudi Arabian hackers posted the credit card information and other identifying data of thousands of Israelis on line, prompting an international investigation.

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But anti-nuclear group Pawb says it has concerns about Wylfa's vulnerability to cyber-attacks and air assaults.

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Thanks to a hacker group in India, InfosecIsland has source material that demonstrates wide spread cyber espionage on the part of the Indian Government which the hackers may publish.

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"The continuing threats to military personnel and critical infrastructure and the growing national cyber security vulnerabilities demand a new breed of credentialing technology, and what our group has achieved certainly puts a whole new spin on things, " Gray said.

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"For fraudsters, every day is Cyber Monday, " says Sean Brady, director of RSA's identity and data protection group.

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Formation of the group marks a stronger alliance of Internet companies as they try to influence regulations pertaining to revenue repatriation, cyber security, and sales tax.

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