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Cyber war, reality or science fiction?

Attacks against electronic information systems can do serious damage to economic and political entities as well as to the administration of a country. A case in point is the Stuxnet virus created by American and Israeli experts to block Iran’s nuclear programme. Will future wars be fought with computer malware?

Nuclear power stations, hospitals and distribution centres for drinking water are prime targets in a cyber war. Who should be in charge of protecting the infrastructure? Possibly an army of cyber soldiers or civilian IT staff? Give us your opinion.

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E-viruses up the ante in economic battles

This content was published on A new virus called Gauss, for example, has already infected hundreds of computers in the Middle East. It can spy on bank transactions and steal passwords. According to Kaspersky Lab, a company specialising in computer science security, Gauss was invented in the same laboratory that created Stuxnet – the virus that infiltrated Iran’s nuclear programme.…

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Cleaning up Switzerland’s internet sites

This content was published on “Error: the webpage cannot be displayed”. It’s not uncommon to get this kind of message when surfing on the web. So you check that the address has been typed correctly and try again, but the page still does not come up. Annoying? Yes, but it might be for your own good. There are a number…

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