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NSA chief calls for improved cyber crime response, but Snowden argues US should focus on defence
Computer hackers and cyber criminals are carrying out attacks against businesses and nation states because they believe there's "little price to pay" for stealing sensitive data.
That's according to Admiral Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and head of United States Cyber Command, who was speaking at a cyber security conference at Fordham University in New York.
His comments come a month after a massive cyber attack against Sony, which the US believes was carried out by North Korea - although there are a number of security experts who disagree with that claim.
The current number of cyber attacks represents "one of the biggest transfers of intellectual knowledge that we have ever seen," said Rogers, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The NSA chief warned that a different cyber security strategy needs to be implemented if the trend of worsening cyber attacks is to be reversed.
"What we've seen in the last six to nine months in general... trends are going in the wrong direction," Rogers said. "Doing more of the same and expecting different results, my military experience tells me, is not a particularly effective strategy."
The US government wants organisations to work more closely with it by reporting incidents of cyber attacks more promptly. However, with Edward Snowden's NSA surveillance revelations still fresh in the memory, there's still corporate distrust of government security programmes.
Speaking in an interview with US broadcaster PBS, Snowden inferred that the US could have itself to blame for being the victim hacking attempts, arguing that attacks originated from US authorities - such as the Stuxnet programme against Iran in 2011 - have created a bitterness against the country and its infrastructure.
The whistleblower also suggested that the NSA should concentrate on defending the US against attacks, rather than hacking into the networks of other nations and their leaders.
"So the way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland," said Snowden.
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NSA Director on Sony Hack: The Entire World is Watching
TIME Politics National Security NSA Director on Sony Hack: The Entire World is Watching Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, testifies during a hearing before the House (Select) Intelligence Committee Nov. 20, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex WongGetty Images The hack against Sony last month was a "game changer" for cybersecurity, the NSA director said on Thursday
National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers expressed support Thursday for the United States economic sanctions against North Korea in response to the hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, and called the attack against the movie studio a game changer for cybersecurity.
Sony is important to me because the entire world is watching how we as a nation are going to respond do this, Rogers said Thursday at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York. If we dont name names here, it will only encourage others to decide, Well this must not be a red line for the United States.'
After naming North Korea responsible for the attack against Sony, the U.S. announced sanctions last week against 10 individuals and three organizations in North Korea, including the states main intelligence agency and its primary arms exporter. The sanctions effectively denied them access to U.S. financial systems.
In his address at the conference, Rogers endorsed the U.S. response to the Sony attack, implying the U.S. government should have a key role in responding to some cyberattacks on private companies. I dont think its realistic for private companies to deal with [cyberattacks] totally by themselves, he said.
Rogers that hacks against private companies may require economic sanctions. Merely because something happens to us in the cyber arena, doesnt mean that our response has to be focused in the cyber arena he said. I was very happy to see what we as a nation state decided to do, referring to the response to North Korea.
He also expressed skepticism about so-called hack backs in which private companies strike back against hackers, saying they risk fratricide by escalating cyber attacks between nation states and institutions.
The NSA was asked to examine malware used in the Sony hack and played a supporting role in determining its origins, Rogers said. The November hack brought down the studios networks and resulted in the leaks of terabytes of files including unreleased films and employee Social Security numbers. President Obama said last month the U.S. would launch a proportional response to the attack.
Rogers said North Korea was responsible for the hack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, reaffirming government claims despite doubts among some cybersecurity experts. I remain very confident: this was North Korea, Rogers said.
The remarks come a day after FBI Director James Comey said North Korea was sloppy in concealing the attack and said he had high confidence the hermit state was responsible.
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