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Expert warns of ‘growing threat’ from cyber crime

A SCOT at the forefront of the international race to prevent cyber war has urged government and commerce to move to tackle the "growing threat".

John Howie, senior security director at Microsoft, told experts at a conference in Edinburgh that unscrupulous nations are developing technology that could shut down a country and throw society into the dark ages “within a month”.