Cyber attacks continue to grow
Hacking, viruses breach government, industry, university firewalls
contributed by msnbc.com news services

Cyber espionage, attacks, breaches, viruses — they are all among the concerns President Barack Obama cited Friday when he announced he will create a new White House office of cyber security, with that cyber czar reporting to the National Security Council as well as to the National Economic Council.

The nation’s vulnerability to cyber attacks has long been a concern. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a December report that the U.S. Defense Department alone has said its computers are probed hundreds of thousands of times each day.

These publicly known cases of hacks, thefts and viruses at government, military, utilities and educational sites are just some examples:

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