[icernet] Cyber Threats And You

[Arul Selvan]

  Ever since the unfortunate accident on September 11, 2001, the world 
in general, and the technical world in particular, has become overly 
concerned about cyber threats. A series of media reports have added to 
the paranoia in certain quarters. For example: Cyber crime leading to a 
reported loss of $ 43 billion by G-8 countries alone; reports of e-mails 
sent to all 
chosen
 heads of states from adolf at hitler.com; Pentagon 
sites undergoing Denial of Service (DOS) for three hours; Barc site 
getting hacked; reports of SMS from Veerappan! And even e-Jihad!

In turn, this has led to extreme worry in some quarters. They are 
worried of a war with e-bombs; they want the design of cyber safety 
zones; they want governments to initiate an army of cyber soldiers; they 
want legislation to punish those committing cyber crimes; in turn, a 
cyber insurance industry would get created!

Source:
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=26594