
One of today's leading security expert has warned that hackers are planning one of the most advanced cyber attacks ever in order to “take the Internet down".
Bruce Schneier has warned that hackers have stepped up cyber attacks against the key organisations whose job it is to keep the internet online.
These sophisticated attackers are said to be part of an ongoing campaign whose goal is to cause widespread disruption to the internet and major online services.
Schneier is now warning organisations of the need to step up their security protection in order to ensure the world has access to the internet and important online services remain intact.
Schneier says the attacks are “precisely calibrated” and are believed to have originated from Russia or China, with hackers carrying out a series of sustained DDoS attacks to knock key websites and infrastructure offline.
The DDoS attacks carried out by the hackers are “significantly larger” and longer lasting than anything seen before.
The hackers are also probing these systems trying to find out exactly what kind of security is in place with different attacks targeting different systems.
“Someone is extensively testing the core defensive capabilities of the companies that provide critical internet services”, said Schneier.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Schneier says that “nothing” can be done to stop the attacks.
“This is happening. And people should know”, Schneier added.
Anyone worried? What are your thoughts?
Source BBC