Facebook,
Yahoo and other technology firms announced the creation of a
“ThreatExchange” to share information to help thwart cyber-attacks.
“ThreatExchange
is built on the existing Facebook platform infrastructure… so that
partner companies can query the available threat information and also
publish to all or a subset of participating organizations,” the social
network said in a statement.
“Our
goal is that organizations anywhere will be able to use ThreatExchange
to share threat information more easily, learn from each other’s
discoveries, and make their own systems safer. That’s the beauty of
working together on security. When one company gets stronger, so do the
rest of us.”
The
statement said Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter, and Yahoo have been working
on the program and new partners including Bitly and Dropbox.
“We
have a vested interest in making the Internet safer and giving people
better ways to connect and share,” Facebook said. “After working with a
number of our peer companies to refine the structure and implementation,
we are ready to introduce ThreatExchange and see what we can learn from
each other.”
The
move comes amid a stalled effort in Congress to pass cyber-security
legislation that would make it easier for a company to share information
about threats without fear of liability.
The
Obama administration, meanwhle, unveiled plans this week for a new US
intelligence center to integrate information about cyber threats, aiming
for the same kind of coordination used to battle terrorism.
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