Personnel of the 624th Operations Center, located at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, conduct cyber operations. Over the past year, defense secretaries Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel have considered pulling U.S. Cyber Command out from under U.S. Strategic Command and making it a unified combatant command, on par with the six regional combatant commands, as well as functional unified commands established to oversee special operations, nuclear deterrence operations and global transportation. WILLIAM BELCHER/U.S. AIR FORCE
Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Daily Beast/Center for Public Integrity: The Pentagon Has Prepared a Cyberattack Against Russia
U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cybersystems as part of potential retaliation for any meddling in America’s elections.
The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyberattack that the United States would unleash if Russia electronically interferes with the 2018 midterm election on Nov. 6, according to current and former senior U.S. officials who are familiar with the plan.
In preparation for its potential use, U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cybersystems that they feel is needed to let the plan unfold quickly, the officials said.
The effort constitutes one of the first major cyberbattle plans organized under a new government policy enabling potential offensive operations to proceed more quickly once the parameters have been worked out in advance and agreed among key agencies.
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WNU Editor: The same meaningless threats/warnings were issued by the U.S. media days before the 2016 election .... U.S. Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election (NBC).
Why this soon? why not wait till the day after elections?
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised they haven't got that already filed away, with the invasions plans for Russia and every other country on Earth, including America.
ReplyDeleteThis is media gamesmanship.
ReplyDeleteYour suspicion would be right Bob Huntly, I am extremely confident that there have been plans put in place since the dawn of the era of computer controlled systems to deprive our enemies of them. focal points being Russia, China, the DPRK, and more recently Iran.
Cyber the mind
ReplyDelete”I retired from banking after 32 years. “ - Bob Huntley
ReplyDeleteOctober 21, 2015 at 1:11 PM
“By the way I spent my life working as a machinist in an elevator factory. Imagine this if you can…” - Bob Huntley
September 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM
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http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2018/09/us-national-security-adviser-john.html