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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Cybercrime Needs to be Top Priority, Says Obama Aide - David Talbot, Technology Review
A top White House cybersecurity aide said yesterday that transnational cybercrime, such as thefts of credit-card numbers and corporate secrets, is a far more serious concern than "cyberwar" attacks against critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid. Christopher Painter, the White House's senior director for cybersecurity, made his comments at a conference arranged by top Russian cybersecurity officials in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Russia is a major source of cybercrime, but its government has declined to sign the European Convention on Cybercrime--the first international treaty on the subject. The treaty aims to harmonize national laws and allow for greater law-enforcement cooperation between nations.
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