US Conducts Cyber Attacks Against ISIS
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 04/28/2016 10:14 AM
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Since August 2014, the US military is conducting cyber attacks on the Islamic State group.
Major General Peter Gersten told Pentagon reporters: "We have now begun to use our exquisite cyber capabilities in this fight against Daesh," which is an acronym that comes from the group's name in Arabic.
Earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said: "We are dropping cyberbombs" on the IS group.
In a New York Times article, the US Cyber Command had placed "implants" in IS networks that let experts monitor the group's behavior and ultimately imitate or alter commanders' messages so they unwittingly direct fighters to areas likely to be hit by drone or plane strikes.
Looking to the future, by 2018, the US will have more than 6,000 military and civilian technical experts working across 133 teams.
One such team consists of 65 personnel conducting cyber operations in the Middle East.
Source: Security Week
Major General Peter Gersten told Pentagon reporters: "We have now begun to use our exquisite cyber capabilities in this fight against Daesh," which is an acronym that comes from the group's name in Arabic.
Earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said: "We are dropping cyberbombs" on the IS group.
In a New York Times article, the US Cyber Command had placed "implants" in IS networks that let experts monitor the group's behavior and ultimately imitate or alter commanders' messages so they unwittingly direct fighters to areas likely to be hit by drone or plane strikes.
Looking to the future, by 2018, the US will have more than 6,000 military and civilian technical experts working across 133 teams.
One such team consists of 65 personnel conducting cyber operations in the Middle East.
Source: Security Week
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