A UK expert has cautioned that computer systems of utility firms and huge financial organizations remain to be the target of cybercriminals.
Companies which provide UK’s national infrastructure are said to be investigated with industrial espionage. Cases of political, economic and technical spying are dominating over cyber-terrorism attacks, according to Mark Oram, head of information security knowledge department at the government-backed Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI).
Oram said,...






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