Will Cyber Crime Bring Down the Web?
When Joseph Menn said that the Internet – the system that lets computers talk to each other – will not collapse, a collective sigh of relief went through the audience at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. But, Menn said, the Internet, and particularly the sites that handle our sensitive financial information, are by no means safe. “If we’re talking about the Internet as we’re actually using it today, as a trusted medium for financial transactions and for doing business online,” Menn said, “that could actually end.” …
