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NBC: Under Trump, U.S. military ramps up cyber offensive against other countries
"The other side thought they could just walk all over us," said one expert. "There was a decision in this administration to impose consequences."
WASHINGTON — With little public scrutiny, the U.S. military has drastically stepped up its secret hacking of foreign computer networks in a new effort to keep China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries on their heels, current and former U.S. officials tell NBC News.
Empowered with new legal authority from both Congress and President Donald Trump, the military's elite cyber force has conducted more operations in the first two years of the Trump administration than it did in eight years under Obama, officials say — including against Russia, despite Trump's well-documented affinity for Vladimir Putin.
The general in charge of the push, Paul Nakasone, has spoken about the new policy in cryptic terms such as "persistent engagement," and "defending forward," without explaining what that means. Multiple current and former American officials briefed on the matter say military hackers are breaking into foreign networks, striking at enemy hackers and planting cyber bombs that would disable infrastructure in the event of a conflict.
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WNU Editor: This is long overdue.
7 comments:
Oh for the peaceful days of the prior administration when we all shared the sandbox happily and the tooth fairies whispered in our ears.
Don't worry Roger the head tooth fairy (Lapides) will be along shortly.
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grow some balls anon and use your real name
There you have it sports fans, the squirrel complaining about his own activity.
It's like I said before, this is part of the new normal whereby we have entered into a long slow war. I am sure it will spike once in awhile but hope it does not get too bad. No one wants a repeat of WWII.
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