{"id":3481,"date":"2015-01-17T20:26:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2015-01-17T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T20:26:56","slug":"uk-us-train-cyber-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/uk-us-train-cyber-army\/","title":{"rendered":"UK, US Train Cyber Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Obama\"<\/a>A few days after the hacking of the US military Central Command\u2019s social media accounts, the UK and the US have announced a new plan to train an army of experts, joining forces to counter rising cyber attacks.
\n\u201cJust as we have worked with our closest ally, the US, to protect our people and our countries from traditional threats, so we must work together to defend ourselves from new threats like cyber attacks,” British Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted by The Independent.
\n“This is an evolving threat which poses a real risk to our businesses and that\u2019s why we\u2019re taking our cooperation with the US to an unprecedented level.”
\nUnder the cyber-crime agreement, both countries will be working on protecting their biggest banks, transport systems and energy supplies form online attacks.
\nThe agreement includes launching cyber attacks by the UK & US on each other to test out their defenses against hacking through a series of joint “war games”.
\nThe attacks will be carried out by their intelligence services, the MI5 and the FBI.
\nThe first phase of the “war games” will comprise launching simulated online attacks on the City of London and Wall Street to test their defense power.
\nThe online deal will also include establishing a joint “cyber cell” that will enable both countries to share information “about threats and respond to any attempted attacks”.
\nAnnounced ahead of Cameron\u2019s visit to the US, the pioneering deal will be signed today amid increasing threats of cyber attacks following last week’s attack on the US military Central Command’s Twitter account and YouTube channel.
\nLast Monday, the background and profile photo of the CENTCOM account were both changed to show an apparent militant and the phrases \u201cCyberCaliphate\u201d and \u201ci love you isis,\u201d using one of the acronyms for the militant group.
\nThe formation of an online alliance with the US comes as Cameron seeks introducing “more comprehensive” powers to monitor terror suspects in Britain.
\nCameron said that in case he wins the next election, he will introduce a communication data bill dubbed the “snooper’s charter” that will give police a sweeping power to monitor online communications.
\nCalls by Cameron for an immediate revival of the snooper’s charter were rejected by the Labors and civil liberties groups.
\nLast November, British PM David Cameron disclosed that British fighters travelling abroad to take part in the conflict in Syria and Iraq could be prevented from returning to the UK under a new Counter Terrorism Bill.
\nUnder new \u201cexclusion orders\u201d announced by Cameron, suspected fighters would be barred from returning to Britain unless they agreed to be placed under strict controls.
\nRights groups criticized the new proposals as being unjust and warned they were pushing Britain into becoming a \u201cpolice state\u201d.<\/p>\n

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