US cyber security chief quits after hacker attacks

Source: Josh Halliday, The Guardian

The head of the US body responsible for combating cyber-attacks has resigned unexpectedly following a string of online assaults on the CIA and other government agencies.

Randy Vickers, the director of the US computer emergency readiness team (US-CERT), stepped down on Friday, according to a Department of Homeland Security email obtained by the Reuters news agency.

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