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COMMENTS: Hack Attack
President Barack Obama ordered a coordinated effort to protect computer networks from hackers, sabotage that is estimated to have caused $8bn in damage nationwide over the past two years. To illustrate the problem, CBS' Armen Keteyian obtained Exclusive access to the Office of Special Investigations of the USAir Force. The global operation has eleven centers where it plays "a hi-tech game of cat and mouse, running traces, tracking IP addresses, assessing damage, plugging security holes in the network, erasing viruses and fixing programs." For all the damage that hackers do to civilian networks, the Pentagon is largely invulnerable, suffering just $100m in damage over the past six months.
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