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WHY IT MATTERS: Cybersecurity

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press The issue: The risk of a devastating cyberattack on the United States is real. But is it too remote to justify the costs of countermeasures? That's the quandary. There's no question the country remains vulnerable to an electronic Pearl Harbor as debate

US panel: China tech giants pose security threat

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - American companies should avoid doing business with China's two leading technology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, the House Intelligence Committee is warning in a report to be issued Monday.

Panetta talks computer hacking issues with Chinese

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks against American companies and the government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is