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National Defense October 2007 Breanne Wagner	Cyber Attacks in Estonia Serve as Wake-Up Call The attacks compromised both public and private websites and sent a wave of panic through a country that is known for being especially "wired."
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The Motley Fool July 13, 2009 Rich Smith	Welcome! You've Got Hackers! Someone threw a cyber war this week. It's great to know that the government is spending billions hardening the IT system against more competent attackers, but what we really need here is a solution to the real problem: Identifying who the attackers are.
InternetNews October 31, 2005 Jim Wagner	Alert Sounds Alarm From Within Security vendor Alert Logic has launched a hosted subscription service that protects enterprise networks from internal attacks.
Wired November 2006 Scott Berinato	Attack of the Bots The latest threat to the Net: autonomous software programs that combine forces to perpetrate mayhem, fraud, and espionage on a global scale. How one company fought the new Internet mafia - and lost.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Joel Schectman	Computer Hacking Made Easy Botnet attacks like the one that took down Twitter are becoming so easy and cheap, almost anyone can do it.
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InternetNews December 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Oregon Man Cops Plea in eBay DDOS Attack A 21-year-old Oregon man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty this week for his role in launching a distributed denial of service attack on eBay in 2003.
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The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Arunava De	Are Hackers the Next Threat to Your Portfolio? Before you respond to a malicious attack on one of your investments in your portfolios, measure the impact that such an attack can have on the company.
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National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson	Iran's Ability to Carry Out Attacks in Cyberspace May Be Improving The ability to carry out attacks from across the world that can do real physical or economic damage without ever launching a jet fighter or sending in suicide squads is tempting for adversaries such as Iran, U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts have pointed out.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Karen Krebsbach	After Estonia Cyber Attacks, U.S. Frets Over Potential Cyber War The U.S. Treasury Department's decision to sponsor an industry-wide exercise this fall for the financial-services sector to test its ability to respond to a pandemic crisis is taking on a different, and more sinister tone.
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National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Experts Downplay Imminent Threat of Cyberterrorism U.S. officials are worried about the threat of a terrorist attack against civilian and government computer systems, but experts say any attack by cyber terrorists is likely to be non-debilitating worms and viruses.
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Floridian Charged in Akamai Attack A 32-year-old Floridian faces charges in Massachusetts for his alleged role in launching a distributed denial of service attack on Akamai Technologies.