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U.S. Cyber Counter Attack: Bomb 'Em One Way or The Other

The operative word in the second paragraph below is "known"...

Ellen Messmer writes on NetworkWorld:

If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed at undermining the nation’s critical information infrastructure, the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of the president, to launch a cyber counterattack or an actual bombing of an attack source.

The primary group responsible for analyzing the need for any cyber counterstrike is the National Cyber Response Coordination Group (NCRCG). The three key members of the NCRCG, who hail from the US-CERT computer-readiness team, the Department of Justice and the Defense Department, this week described how they would seek to coordinate a national response in the event of a major cyber-event from a known attacker.

posted by Fergie @ 2/08/2007 11:04:00 AM