US cyber-security 'embarrassing'

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America's cyber-security has been described as "broken" by one industry expert and as "childlike" by another.

"I think we are seeing a real breaking point in security with consumers, business and even government saying enough, no more. Let's rethink how we do this because the system is broken," said Mr Mather.

Over the past couple of weeks, the heat has been turned up on the issue of cyber-security following some high profile breaches.

One involved the country's power grid which was said to have been infiltrated by nation states. The government subsequently admitted that it was "vulnerable to attack".

Meanwhile reports during the RSA conference surfaced that spies had hacked into the Joint Strike Fighter Project.

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