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In cyberwar, nobody is neutral

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 8:08am

In the age of cyberwarfare, even Switzerland's neutrality is not a given. Neutral or not, they'll still be attacked

BERN, Switzerland - The Swiss Foreign Ministry says it was the victim of a "professional" cyber attack aimed at obtaining information from its computer network.

Spokesman Georg Farago says the ministry cut the connection between its network and the Internet after the attack was discovered on Thursday.



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I wonder how long it will be

I wonder how long it will be until we have a legal definition for cyber neutrality and the technological means to enforce it.