UK hosting cyber security summit

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1 November 2011 Last updated at 04:16 ET London hosts cyberspace security conference Foreign secretary, William Hague, urged a co-ordinated response to cyberattacks Continue reading the main story Related Stories Lost in cyberspace Chemicals industry hacking attack 'Disturbing' cyber-attacks on UK

London is hosting a major international conference on the threat from cybersecurity attacks.

Representatives of 60 nations are gathering to discuss how to tackle the rising levels of cybercrime.

It comes a day after intelligence agency GCHQ warned that cyberattacks on the UK were at "disturbing" levels.

Foreign Secretary William Hague convened the London Conference on Cyberspace, and urged a "global co-ordinated response" on policy.

"We want to widen the pool of nations and cyberusers that agree with us about the need for norms of behaviour, and who want to seek a future cyberspace based on opportunity, freedom, innovation, human rights and partnership, between government, civil society and the private sector," he said.

Experts attending the two-day conference include EU digital supremo Neelie Kroes, with leading cybersecurity experts and technology entrepreneurs such as Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Cisco vice-president Brad Boston and Joanna Shields, a senior executive at Facebook.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been due to attend ... Continue reading this article at BBC
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UK hosting cyber security summit

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