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Hackers recruited to fight 'new cold war'

Britain is to build new defences against a "cyber cold war" being launched from China and Russia amid fears that hackers could gain the technology to shut down the computer systems that control Britain's power stations water companies air traffic... ...full story at Daily Telegraph

from Daily Telegraph on Fri, Jun 26 2009

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