01/21/10 U.S. Military Firms Move To Defend Against Cyber Attacks

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For U.S. military firms, the latest revelations of highly sophisticated hacker attacks on Google Inc. are highlighting a new reality, and a potentially lucrative business: The battlefield is shifting to cyberspace. Loren Thompson, a military policy analyst for the Lexington Institute, a think tank in Arlington, Va. says "we've spent the last 20 years putting all of our information onto computers. Now, we don't have any choice but to defend ourselves against foreign intrusion." The federal government is expected to set aside $8.3 billion this year for protecting its computers from hackers, up 60% from just four years ago.

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