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A 2008 warning about mobile software risk
The account compared the expanding mobile software ecosystem with earlier personal-computer risks: tools that enable legitimate development can also be used to create deceptive or harmful programs. Schmidt also stressed application weaknesses as attackers moved beyond purely network-based attacks, and supported a focused UK e-crime capability.
Details in the 2008 account
These were forecasts and policy views reported in 2008, not claims about a particular current threat or institution.