With the rise of high-profile data breaches spawned by hacker groups, one expert thinks the federal government needs to strengthen its cybersecurity strategy, The Vancouver Sun reports. Calling it "BreachFest 2011," the expert said, "it's now become apparent that the ecosystem that we communicate in has some serious problems globally." He also discusses a recent report that attacks originating from Chinese servers may have accessed classified information from the Treasury Board, Department of Finance and Department of National Defense. He argues that the federal government should give existing authorities more resources, not more powers.
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