ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Newsmax
12January2011 3:46pmEST
GCIS CYBER-SECURITY UPDATE:
“I can’t think of any case involving intrusions that didn’t have an international component,” Schmidt said, 
referring to breaches of computer security. “In the very near future, we will be coming forth with specific efforts” that may include “tough discussions” with countries to ensure they help hunt down criminals who steal information and data using computers, he said.
Some governments actively engage in cybercrimes or turn “a blind eye” to the practice, similar to nations condoning money-laundering schemes in the 1980s, Schmidt, a special assistant to the president, said at a Department of Defense Cybercrime Conference in Atlanta. He declined to name any countries in that category. (read full report)
