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US corporations beef up e-security

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US corporations beef up e-security

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Al Jazeera English

2 Views • Jul 25, 2012

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Cyber attacks on American corporations now average one a week and hackers in recent months have targeted Mastercard, Visa and Amazon.

A survey of fifty large US companies found they spent 56 per cent more on cyber security this year.

Some companies are headhunting for what they call e-security consultants.

As Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports, many of them are former hackers.