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How prepared are you?

Fears are growing that many companies are paying lip service to Internet security during recession.

The fact is that 20% of all online attacks are directed towards UK companies. The only country getting more attacks is the US.

Unlike a physical attack on your premises an online attack can be instantly devastating.

We recently reported how Intelligence chiefs are concerned after a large Chinese firm carried out extensive work on the BT infrastructure in the UK. The fear being that software could have been hidden to be activated at a later date to cripple our telecommunications.

How prepared are you?

Fears are growing that many companies are paying lip service to Internet security during recession.

The fact is that 20% of all online attacks are directed towards UK companies. The only country getting more attacks is the US.

Unlike a physical attack on your premises an online attack can be instantly devastating.

We recently reported how Intelligence chiefs are concerned after a large Chinese firm carried out extensive work on the BT infrastructure in the UK. The fear being that software could have been hidden to be activated at a later date to cripple our telecommunications.

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A suicide bomber who was detonated in the same room as a Saudi Prince who is in charge of counter terror is believed to have had the explosive device inside himself. The device is believed to have been detonated by mobile phone.

The bomber, a Saudi Al Qaeda fugitive said he was ready to give himself up but would only give himself up to the prince. The prince agreed and the fugitive was given safe passage to a rendezvous in Jeddah. Once in the same room he was detonated. The prince was unharmed and only the bomber died. The device left a considerable crater and its believed the saving grace was that the blast went downwards.

Security and Intelligence chiefs are extremely worried at this turning point as it renders airport security metal detectors useless.

Peter Neuman of Kings College London says the case will be studied intensively, and that there are “tremendous implications for airport security with the potential of making it even more complicated to get on to your plane”.

“If it really is true that the metal detectors couldn’t detect this person’s hidden explosive device, that would mean that the metal detectors as they currently exist in airports are pretty much useless,” he said.

Intelligence chiefs have warned that China may have gained the capability to shut down Britain by crippling its telecoms and utilities.

They have told ministers of their fears that equipment installed by Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, in BT’s new communications network could be used to halt critical services such as power, food and water supplies.

The warnings coincide with growing cyberwarfare attacks on Britain by foreign governments, particularly Russia and China.