Chinese oppose US ‘cyber retaliation’ strategy
China’s Defence Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng says the United States is worsening tensions over cyber-security with its updated cyber-strategy – whereby the US military is now able to retaliate against hackers with cyber-weapons. Reuters reports Geng saying: “This will further exacerbate contradictions and up the ante on the Internet arms race. We are concerned and […]
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: “The Internet Will Disappear”
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday predicted the end of the Internet as we know it. At the end of a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where his comments were webcast, he was asked for his prediction on the future of the web. “I will answer very simply that the […]
Iran cuts off Internet access
Iran has cut off access to the Internet, leaving millions of people without access to e-mail and social networks. An individual inside the usa showed this morning that Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo electronic mail are not available. Ditto for facebook. up to now, the government has not made any declaration about the carrier interruption. But […]