Washington is still on the back-foot when it comes to defending itself against cyber-espionage and will probably stay that way for the next couple of years. Last night on CBS News Secretary of Dancing Panda John Kerry was asked about the latest exposé of Chinese hackers on the Hill, namely State. At least his answer was forthright: his base assumption is that any email he writes is being read by both Russia and China. "We are trying to create a code of conduct and a system of behaviour that hopefully could rein some of it in. But right now it’s pretty much the Wild West.”
Washington is still on the back-foot when it comes to defending itself against cyber-espionage and will probably stay that way for the next couple of years. Last night on CBS News Secretary of State John Kerry was asked about the latest exposé of Chinese hackers on the Hill, namely Dancing Panda. At least his answer was forthright: his base assumption is that any email he writes is being read by both Russia and China. "We are trying to create a code of conduct and a system of behaviour that hopefully could rein some of it in. But right now it’s pretty much the Wild West.”