U.S. and Russia: Cyberwar Hotline
June 20th, 2013Via: Ars Technica:
As leaked details of ongoing network surveillance and espionage programs by the National Security Agency (NSA) continue to stir up international concern about how deep US intelligence is reaching into IT operations worldwide, Russia and the US have taken steps to cooperate on cybersecurity—or at least prevent an accidental cyberwar.
During talks at the G-8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, the US and Russia agreed to cooperate more fully on a number of security measures. In addition to agreeing to continue to work together in preventing nuclear proliferation, the two governments are taking steps to improve communications about the proliferation of information weaponry. “We recognize that threats to or in the use of ICT (information and computer technologies) include political, military, and criminal threats, as well as threats of a terrorist nature, and are some of the most serious national and international security challenges we face in the 21st century,” the governments said in a joint statement issued by Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin today.
