The war against hackers won't be won unless companies change the way they use computer networks. UPDATED with a comment provided by the FBI. FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry admitted to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that despite recent arrests, the United States is not winning the war against hackers. As it stands now, the current private and public approach to fending off hackers is "unsustainable" because they're just too weak to stand up against these "talented" hackers. Henry, who plans to leave his position at the FBI after serving for over two decades, said that the best way to fend off hackers is to change the way companies use computer networks. Right now they're a risk to national security and the economy operating vulnerable networks. On a whole, they're unknowingly costing the taxpayer huge amounts of money. ...
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