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The proliferation of cyberattacks by rivals is presenting a challenge to the Biden administration as it seeks to deter intrusions on government and corporate systems.
WASHINGTON — Just as it plans to begin retaliating against Russia for the large-scale hacking of American government agencies and corporations discovered late last year, the Biden administration faces a new cyberattack that raises the question of whether it will have to strike back at another major adversary: China.
Taken together, the responses will start to define how President Biden fashions his new administration’s response to escalating cyberconflict and whether he can find a way to impose a steeper penalty on rivals who regularly exploit vulnerabilities in government and corporate defenses to spy, steal information and potentially damage critical components of the nation’s infrastructure.
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WNU Editor: The key part of the above New York Times post is the following ....
.... The first major move is expected over the next three weeks, officials said, with a series of covert counterstrikes on Russian networks that are intended to be evident to President Vladimir V. Putin and his intelligence services and military but not to the wider world.
This could be interpreted as an act of war .... When Does a Cyber Attack Become an ‘Act of War’? (The Quint). More here .... An act of war? U.S. government, businesses hit by cyberattack (Deseret News).
3 comments:
How is it possible to tell that officially?
They are so covert that they are announeced three weeks beforehand in the NYT, LOL
We were constant told in 2016 and 2017 that Trump was going to get us into a war.
Trump did 2 things. She showed great energy; he was indefatigable. He increased military spending were as Obama decreased it. Obama not only decreased spending but it was a very public, in your face policy, Sequestration. Trump does not have to provide all the planning for a great military, but he has to provide resources. With a string leader and strong military, you are not as likely to get into a war.
Contrast that to Joe Biden. They call a lid on White House appearances on many a afternoon. Trump can speak for hours. Biden has trouble making it 10 to 15 minutes. After which he is whisked off stage, Joe is a weak leader. On top of it the Joe Biden puppet regime will cut military spending. They are not going to make it leaner and more efficient. They will just cut.
Here is a thought. How many Whitehouse staffers and other loathsome things slithering in the dark have been educated or practiced Lean 6 Sigma?
Has Colonel General Austin been trained in 6 Sigma? Has he been so much as sheep dipped? Did Austin's superiors pencil whipped the documentation and pretend that he was knowledgeable? A good military leader does not micromanage. Nor do they stay at the 35,000 foot level. A good leader has vision, but when thing are not going well in an area they roll up their sleeves and get into the weeds as far down as they have to go.
Https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget
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