Increased media speculation about the possibility of a cyber-attack on the London or New York stock exchanges has ignored the nature of the threat, which is likely to seek to cause disruption rather than make money, and the counter-measures that can hinder a catastrophic attack.
So write John Bassett and David Smart for RUSI.org.
Also, Margaret Gilmore for RUSI.org writes on UK counter-rerrorism laws, reviewed by the government. Do planned changes herald a new, fairer era in tackling terrorism, or are they a weaker version of existing powers?
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