Experts say cooperation needed to counter cyber threats

BEIJING - The international community should join hands to deal with growing threats to computer security, as attacks by hackers have become a worldwide concern, Chinese security experts suggested.

A recently released US report highlighted an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on more than 72 organizations worldwide, including the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, governments, corporations and non-profit organizations.

"This is the biggest transfer of wealth in terms of intellectual property in human history," said Dmitri Alperovitch, vice-president of threat research at US security company McAfee Inc, which produced and released the 14-page report on Wednesday.