CYBERTHEFTS CONTINUE AS OBAMA DAWDLES - MISDIRECTION AT A TIME OF EMERGENCY

Department of Defense on the Offense regarding Cyber War and Hacking (last March)

• Submitted by Darla Dawald, National Director on July 15, 2011 at Patriot Action Alerts

DOD could use force in cyber war

The Pentagon suffered one of its largest ever cyberthefts this spring. | Reuters Close

By JENNIFER MARTINEZ | 7/15/11 12:23 AM EDT

The Pentagon is ready to fight hackers with their own weapons in cyberspace, the newest domain for warfare but also “reserves the right” to respond to a cyberattack with military force, defense officials said Thursday.

At the National Defense University in Fort McNair, the Department of Defense unveiled its 13-page, de-classified cyberstrategy detailing how the U.S. would defend its networks and systems against cyberattacks.

Defense officials also disclosed that the Pentagon suffered one of its largest ever cyberthefts this spring when 24,000 files were stolen by a foreign government. Officials said the files were taken from a defense industry computer in March, but they did not identify the culprit.

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