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Massive Breach Spurs Cyber Security Fears
A massive, five-year international cyber attack called "Shady RAT" is said to be a wake-up call for both government and industry. Not that anybody's surprised...
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenA massive, five-year international cyber attack called "Shady RAT" is said to be a wake-up call for both government and industry. Not that anybody's surprised. Has China been stealing defense secrets and intellectual property, and is it time to fight back? Could that compromise America's cyber-spying on other countries? Also, unemployment numbers can't dispel gloom over the economy, and 66 years ago this week, the US dropped the only atomic bombs ever used in warfare. Long-suppressed color footage of the devastation in Japan is now available.
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Yesterday's stock market collapse may have revealed a worldwide crisis of confidence in economic recovery. There was good news today, though: 117,000 new jobs last month and a drop in the unemployment rate from 9.2 percent to 9.1. In a brief address on veterans' employment, President Obama said once again, that's not enough.
Read the story8 minCyberwarfare: Is the Best Defense a Good Offense?
Somebody has spent the past five years stealing corporate and government secrets in 14 countries, the biggest coordinated cyber attack discovered so far. One former presidential advisor says, "They're getting our research and development for pennies on the dollar." The most likely culprit is China.
Read the story36 minA Hiroshima Cover-Up?
It's been sixty-six years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Color footage taken after the devastation has now been declassified. But very few people have seen it.
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