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Report Says Cyberspace Threats Could Affect National Security

According to the White House’s top counter-terrorism advisor, the United States faces “serious and significant” cyberspace threats which may affect national security.
 
The advisor, John Brennan, told NBC that a cyber-security board has been set up at the White House to work on the matters of cyber crime. “It's a very complex and complicated challenge, but we are working very closely with the private sector.”
 
 
The issues stem back to accusations Google made over China’s apparent involvement in cyber attacks made against the Internet giant. Beijing officials denied any government involvement in any such attacks.
 
 
Brennan said the cyber crime unit will be looking at all threats as serious risks to national security, be it from governments or individuals and “whether they be hackers or terrorist organizations,” it may all be acts of espionage. “National security is something that is at risk. That's why what we're trying to do is to ensure that our networks, our government networks, our private sector networks have the ability to withstand these attempts to hack in.”
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