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Hackers warn high street chains

The hackers panel is one of the highlights of InfoSecurity Europe

High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the world's elite hackers have warned.

They claim it is only a "matter of time" before the likes of Tesco and Marks & Spencer are targeted.

Criminals could use the kind of tactics which crippled Estonia's government and some firms last year, they warned.

The experts were members of the infamous "Hackers Panel" which convened in London this week at the InfoSecurity Europe conference.

The panel includes penetration testers and so-called "white hat" hackers, who help companies tighten up their digital security by searching for flaws in their defences.

Previous panellists include Gary McKinnon, known as Solo, alleged by the US government to have hacked into dozens of US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Department of Defense computers.

The "hackers" usually remain anonymous, "for security reasons", but this year's panellists agreed to break cover.

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[Czarjorge]

With the increased dependence on the internet and computer systems to manage most aspects of our society we open ourselves up to these things. The next major revolution may be carried out by the technocrats, and it may or may not be bloodless. I hope it takes the revolution tack rather than the strictly criminal one. I could accept inconvenience for increased liberty, but not for some computer literate dousche to make money.