National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander (Reuters / Doug Kapustin)
CyberCom Chief Alexander Lays Down Cyber Red Line; Destroy A Network, Risk War -- Breaking Defense
CAPITOL HILL: On the day that China’s president took personal charge of his country’s new cyber body, pledging to make the People’s Republic of China a “cyber power,” the outgoing head of America’s Cyber Command laid out a clear red line that, if crossed, could lead to war.
“If it destroys government or other networks, I think it would cross that line,” Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of both Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today when asked what level of cyber “attack” would potentially cause America to go to war.
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Update: Commander: U.S. Military Not Ready for Cyber Warfare -- Washington Free Beacon
My Comment: Another "Red Line" .... someone should tell NSA Director Alexander that this White House has not been very good at respecting them.
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The Syria red line was not crossed by Syria -- that is baseless propaganda. Chemical weapons were employed by anti-Syria forces.
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