Been hacked? Don't dial 999: The plods are too dense, sniffs sec bigwig

Been hacked? Don't dial 999: The plods are too dense, sniffs sec bigwig

'The problem is too big for the authorities to handle'

Police are powerless to stop super-smart criminals from hacking the world's biggest companies, a top-ranking security bod has warned.

Juniper Networks' security chief said there was simply no longer any point in calling the police when hackers and DDoSers came to call, because the cops can't do anything. He wants to see a world where big firms share information about potential targets and stop them before any damage can be done.
Henrik Davidsson, the firm's EMEA director of security, said: "The problem is too big for the authorities to handle, playing into the hands of the cyber criminals. Additionally there are complications with the global complexity that hacking presents. Who is responsible if a hacker based in Asia attacks a European company? We’ve simply reached a stage where the IT security industry needs to be able to protect itself."

Davidsson made the comments while telling El Reg about Juniper's new "next generation data centre security" system, which now incorporates anti-DDoS defence systems. We visited Juniper's Dutch
testing lab, where they show off their latest data centre and networking technology.

More details here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/29/hacked_assaulted_by_a_ddoser_dont_call_the_cops/