[iwar] [fc:Europe:.Experts.say.government.is.not.prepared.for.hacker.attack]

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Subject: [iwar] [fc:Europe:.Experts.say.government.is.not.prepared.for.hacker.attack]
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Europe: Experts say government is not prepared for hacker attack 
Europe Media, 1/8/2002
<a href="http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=7528">http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=7528>

An expert group on hackers has advised the German federal government to
set up a new office dealing with emergency plans and reconnaissance on
hacker attacks. 
At the moment, communication networks in Germany would fall much too
easily to serious hacking attempts, according to an internal study
prepared by the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office. The report
also believes oil, gas and electricity supplies could be targeted. 
Meanwhile, the study advises the government to spend more money on
preparations against hacker attacks. Germany should also develop its own
national software and cryptographic applications, the study says. 
While experts fear attack from independent hackers, they say that the
damage could be even more severe if government-supported hackers tried
to intrude German systems. 
Fiete Stegers Fiete Stegers has received a Master's degree in
Communication Science, Political Science and Modern History from the
University of Münster, Germany, and is currently working for Van
Dusseldorp &amp; Partners. As a free-lance journalist, Fiete Stegers has
been contributing to numerous German print and online publications
including Spiegel Online, die tageszeitung (Berlin), politik-digital
(Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Essen), Westfälische Rundschau
(Dortmund), Unicum (Bochum). Major fields of reporting are the
internet(especially online media and electronic democracy), education,
youth and popular culture. Fiete Stegers is also a staff member of
onlinejournalismus.de, an information plattform dealing with the
evolvement of journalism on the web, and is running his personal website
(http://www.netzjournalismus.de).

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