Sony created a new position a corporate executive in charge of global-information security and privacy and promoted Nicole Seligman, who as general counsel had been targeted by hackers, to president of the Sony Corporation of America.

NEWYORKER: Machine Politics

The debate, hosted by Intelligences Squared, featured Bruce Schneier, (chief security technology officer with BT) and Marc Rotenberg (executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center) speaking in support of the idea that the threat of cyber war has indeed been exaggerated.

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