Cyber attacks are on the rise and everyone who connects to the internet needs to educate themselves in possible attacks and be diligent in keeping them at bay. The International Telcommunications Union, a UN agency, believes that the only way to do this is to require a type of driver’s license for anyone who wishes to connect to the internet.
ITU Secretary General, Hamadoun Toure, believes that countries should engage themselves in signing treaties, promising not to attack each other in cyberspace. The problem, however, is that such a treaty would only affect countries. Individuals, organized crime, and malicious hackers would not be part of any treaty. While it appears that China played a part in the recent attacks on google, rogue individuals and groups will continue to ply their trade, mostly undetected by the UN officials hired to police the Internet.
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