pimg src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45840000/jpg/_45840689_lock_bbc226x.jpg" align="left" width="226" height="170" alt="File image of a keyboard with a padlock on it" border="0" vspace="4" hspace="4"/pp class="first"bUS President Barack Obama is to set out plans for securing American computer networks against cyber attacks./bpIn a speech that follows a 60-day review, Mr Obama is expected to announce the creation of a cyber security office in the White House. /ppBoth US government and military bodies have reported repeated interference from hackers in recent years. /ppIn a separate development, the Pentagon is to create a new military command for cyber space, the New York Times said. /ppMr Obama will not discuss the Pentagon plan during Friday's announcement, the newspaper said. /ppBut he is expected to sign a classified order to establish the military command in coming weeks, it reported, citing officials. /ppb'Serious threats'/b/ppThe 60-day review was carried out by Melissa Hathaway, who has been serving as interim White House cyber security adviser. /ppThe new office is expected to co-ordinate a multi-billion dollar effort designed to restrict access to government computers and to protect systems - such as those that run the stock exchange and air traffic control - that keep the country going, reports BBC defence and security correspondent Rob Watson. /pp /bHACKING THE US/bbr /ulliApril 2009: US government admits bpower grid/b is vulnerable after media reports that Chinese and Russian spies have planted software that could shut it down/liliApril 2009: China denies hacking into a system containing data on a new bUS fighter jet/b/liliNov 2008: Congressional panel says China has stepped up computer-based espionage and is stealing bquot;vast amountsquot; /bof sensitive information/liliSep 2007: China denies reports its military hacked into bthe Pentagon/b in June of that year/li/ulbr /pUS media reports say Mr Obama will also announce the creation of a quot;cyber tsarquot; position to co-ordinate government efforts on this issue. /ppEarlier this week, a White House spokesman said the review was the first step towards securing America's cyber infrastructure. /ppquot;The administration recognises the very serious threats public and private sector networks face from cyber crime and cyber attack,quot; Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday. /ppquot;Recognising these threats, the president has elevated cyber security to a major administration priority.quot; /ppThe US is particularly dependent on its computer networks and therefore particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks. /ppIn 2007 alone the Pentagon reported nearly 44,000 incidents of what it called malicious cyber activity carried out by foreign militaries, intelligence agencies and individual hackers, our correspondent says. /ppExperts have warned particularly of attempts by Chinese government hackers to access official computers - something China denies./phrpThis article is from the a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk"BBC News website/a. #169; British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites./pdiv class="feedflare"
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