FBI warns hackers are the new form of terrorism

As the wars between lawmakers, institutions and hacktivists like Anonymous rage -- with no signs of letting up -- the sophistication and seriousness of both 'white hats' and 'black hats' in the cyber security arms race is gaining ground. Today, the FBI declared that online attacks will swiftly become a more serious issue than traditional terrorism. 'We are losing data, we are losing money, we are losing ideas and we are losing innovation," Mueller said at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. "Together we must find a way to stop the bleeding." Given the China hacking attacks against corporations, Anonymous' attacks against national governments -- and most recently a failed attack on the Vatican -- and the dangers of cloud storage computing, it will be fascinating to watch just where the frontlines of cyber warfare will next be draw.