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Apr 21 2009 9:55am EDT

First Bytes: Cyberspies, Cisco, and Sexting

Those cyberspies are at it again. They have repeatedly breached the Pentagon's costliest weapons program, the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project, though it's not connected to the internet.
[Reuters]

Cisco will include new security measures with its cloud computing programs. And they should be bulking up, according to Patrick Peterson, a security researcher at Cisco. He said some of the cyberspies in Russia and the Ukraine are like "the Bill Gates of cybercrime." [CNET]

"Sexting," or the exchange of sexual images by teenagers via cellphone texts, is causing a legal uproar in Texas. One lawyer thinks the teenagers could be charged with child pornography, while others believe it sets a dangerous precedent. [WSJ]

Not everyone is into the EU's plans to fight illegal downloads, including Nicolas Sarkozy, who believes the EU bill may undermine a similar French one brewing. [NYT]

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