Is Cybersecurity All Hype?

Wired's Ryan Singel wrote a long post in the site's Threat Level blog arguing that much of the concern over the security of the Internet is being fueled by federal contractors, which would benefit financially from the government pursuing policies to lock it down and to track 'Net users.

He argues that recent high-profile hacks are not an indication of cyberwar, but rather overstated and inflamed rhetoric meant to generate cyber business and for the government to have a valid reason to control Web information. "This battle isn't about truth. It's about power," he wrote.