Posted on 04/05/2016 6:08:46 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Russia and China present the greatest cyber security threat to the U.S., but Iran is trying to increase and spend more on its capabilities, the Navy admiral in charge of the military’s Cyber Command told Congress Tuesday.
Adm. Michael Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee that while the U.S. has more overall military power than the three countries, the gaps are narrower when it comes to cyber warfare.
He said U.S. Cyber Command is making progress building cyber mission teams, and will have 133 fully operational by September 2018. Already, he said that nearly 100 teams are already conducting cyberspace operations.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has beefed up the use of offensive cyber warfare in Iraq and Syria and made increasing the department’s cyber capabilities a key goal. …
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Apparently North Korean hasn’t figured this out yet.... yet. Another way for them to extort money.
They have their buddies in Red China handling that for now.
Yup. They are too busy building nukes and threatening the US right now.
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