The UK and France are hosting 35 nations as well as businesses and technology leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle “hackers for hire” and the expanding market for cyber attack tools.
Representatives from technology giants including Apple, BAE Systems, Google and Microsoft are attending the two-day event that got underway in the UK capital Tuesday.
The conference will look at ways of addressing the commercial market for cyber snooping and attack tools as well as “the threat they pose to international security, human rights and the stability of cyberspace”.
The governments and businesses taking part in the London conference are due to signµ a declaration dubbed the “Pall Mall process“, which commits to joint action to regulate the use of these potentially dangerous tools.
The participants are scheduled to meet again to discuss the evolution of the latest cyber security challenges in Paris in 2025.
This joint London-Paris initiative is based on observations that – in addition to risks identified in cyberspace from state actors, criminal groups and activists – legal…
