Attacks highlight importance of cybersecurity

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This week’s cyberattack against the social media accounts of the U.S. Central Command, which included messages sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, may indeed be little more than a “prank” and “vandalism,” as government officials were quick to characterize it. But it came at a very embarrassing moment – just as President Obama was giving a speech on cybersecurity.

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