https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/08/a-global-cyber-crisis-in-waiting/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:44:43 -0400<![CDATA[Like-minded nations also ought to be able to agree to forswear attacks on the infrastructure that enables cyberspace: the series of routers, servers and databases that issue digital certificates used to identify trusted parties in online interactions, run domain-name addresses and manage multi-factor authentication systems. As with the international financial system, the trusted systems that make the Internet and cyberspace work must be protected. Unfortunately, in the 2011 attacks on the Internet security company RSA that compromised a cryptography algorithm relied upon by millions, the 2012 “Flame” attack that compromised Microsoft’s digital certificate authority and other recent activity, some nations appear to have targeted the infrastructure itself as a part of sophisticated espionage campaign. This is dangerously shortsighted and undermines global commerce.]]>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:55:51 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/08/a-global-cyber-crisis-in-waiting-n99954