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Published: 2009-05-11
The United States' top commanding officer for the space and cyber domains told reporters last week that a cyber attack could merit a more conventional military response.
During a press briefing on Thursday, U.S. Air Force General Kevin Chilton, who heads the U.S. Strategic Command, told reporters that top Pentagon advisors would not rule out a physical attack on any force that attacks the United States through the Internet. Currently, the military's networks are probed thousands of times a day, but the goal of attackers seems to be espionage, not to take down critical networks, he told reporters.
More to read:
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/961
The United States' top commanding officer for the space and cyber domains told reporters last week that a cyber attack could merit a more conventional military response.
During a press briefing on Thursday, U.S. Air Force General Kevin Chilton, who heads the U.S. Strategic Command, told reporters that top Pentagon advisors would not rule out a physical attack on any force that attacks the United States through the Internet. Currently, the military's networks are probed thousands of times a day, but the goal of attackers seems to be espionage, not to take down critical networks, he told reporters.
More to read:
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/961