Pentagon declares war on cyber attacks
Channel: pfailblog
Date: 2011-06-07

(RT) The Pentagon's newest policy grants the US military the ability to respond to a cyber attack on government networks with physical force -- equating hacking to an act of war.

This new trend has many advocates and experts worried. Hacking a government system may soon be an offence that can be retaliated against with force, even though most US government hacks are conducted by individuals and activists -- not foreign governments.

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