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The thread centers on whether widespread hacking in 2011 should be viewed as cybercrime or cyberwar, focusing on how serious the threats are and who is responsible. The opening post asks what the real risk level is, how attacks are carried out, and what measures could realistically reduce them, pointing readers to FBI-related concerns and related security articles. Overall sentiment is that the threat is active and growing, with contributors leaning toward heightened concern and increased attention to national-security implications.

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Hacking America: Cybercrime or Cyberwar?

Are we under attack? Hacking is alive and well and becoming ever more present in both government and private sectors. Who is responsible? How are they doing it? How bad is it? What can be done to stop it? These questions are being asked more frequently than ever before.

How Safe Are We?
With every moment that goes by someone, somewhere is somehow trying to commit cyberattacks. Don't believe me? Let's refer to excerpts from actual articles on information management and national security.
The FBI is always a valid source of information, at least for budding criminal threats. The Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Cyber Division) seems to have a few concerns about the threat to national security stemming from cybercrime.

America's Cybercrime Risk - A Look at Articles on Information Management and National Security