Panel urges Obama to consider hacker-response plan

My Way News - Panel urges Obama to consider hacker-response plan:

"WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama should create a new White House office to protect cyberspace from hackers, thieves and foreign agents, coordinating security efforts across U.S. military, intelligence and civilian agencies, according to a new report from a panel of leading government and industry experts.

The report, expected to be made public Monday on Capitol Hill, also urges Obama's new administration and Congress to pass new laws to allow for speedier investigations - and in some cases quicker retaliation once intruders are identified. It proposed online 'data warrants,' for example, rather than traditional search warrants, which it said 'may be increasingly impracticable in the online environment.'"