Results of a recent poll indicate that Americans are calling for retaliation for cyberattacks.

Vormetric, who coordinated with an outside firm, polled 1,026 U.S. adults and found that 92% think action is necessary against a foreign country that breaches U.S. government data.

However, many said that more passive action should be taken ( 45% ) such as talks between the President and the attacking country's leaders and 36 percent want to impose trade sanctions on a country's goods.

Alan Kessler, CEO of Vormetric, said in an interview: “The American people are sensitive to not want to get into an escalation."

The results also indicated that 31 percent favored imposing diplomatic sanctions while 25 percent thought all ties with the attacking country should be cut off.

Only 10% believed the other country's government infrastructure should be hacked in retaliation.

Source: SCMagazine