EU BEEFS UP CYBER-CRIME DEFENCES
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has been alarmed by coordinated 'bot-net' attacks on computer networks in Britain, Estonia, Georgia, France, and elsewhere, and is beefing up its cyber-defences. Keith Nuthall reports.
IT takes a lot to spark the lumbering bureaucratic behemoth known as the European Union (EU) into hasty action. But it appears the escalation of attacks on computer networks within the continent by cyber-criminals, and maybe cyber-soldiers, has awakened this dozy political beast.
In late September, (30/9) the European Commission proposed ...
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