The Pentagon Gets Ready For Cyberwar -- News Roundup

Defence: The Pentagon will reclassify cyber attacks as an aggressive act if it causes the equivalent loss of life or damage to infrastructure as a conventional military attack. Photo from The Daily Mail

US Pentagon To Treat Cyber-Attacks As 'Acts Of War' -- BBC

The US is set to publish plans that will categorise cyber-attacks as acts of war, the Pentagon says.

In future, a US president could consider economic sanctions, cyber-retaliation or a military strike if key US computer systems were attacked, officials have said recently.

The planning was given added urgency by a cyber-attack last month on the defence contractor, Lockheed Martin.

A new report from the Pentagon is due out in a matter of weeks.

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More News On The Pentagon Getting Ready For Cyber War

'Cyber attacks are an act of war': Pentagon to announce new rules of engagement against state sponsored hackers. -- The Daily Mail
Cyber attack shows constant threat to key intel -- CBS
Pentagon to Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War -- New York Times
Pentagon doesn't rule out military force against cyberattacks -- CNN
Washington moves to classify cyber-attacks as acts of war -- The Guardian
Pentagon: Hack attacks can be act of war -- The Register
Pentagon: All options on table in cyber-attack -- AFP
DOD: Cyberattack on U.S. could warrant deadly response -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon Prepares Cyber Warfare Strategy -- Voice of America
Pentagon Rules That Cyber Attacks on Government Can be Considered Act of War -- Daily Tech
List of cyber-weapons developed by Pentagon to streamline computer warfare -- Washington Post
Analysis: Lockheed hack highlights cyber-blame snags -- Reuters
U.S. arms makers said to be bleeding secrets to cyber foes -- Reuters
Contractors are the hole in the Pentagon's polo security. Bleeding secrets for years -- Tech Eye
Rep. McCaul: Defenses Against Cyber Attacks ‘Remain Inadequate’ -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. military says a cyber attack means war. But with who? -- Matt Gurney, National Post
A US cyberwar doctrine? Pentagon document seen as first step, and a warning. -- Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
The Pentagon Is Confused About How to Fight a Cyber War -- John Hudson, Atlantic Wire
The cyber arms race -- David E. Hoffman, Foreign Policy