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Nation States Mobilize Cyber ‘Campaigns’ As Criminal Online Attacks Become More Sophisticated

Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

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While the U.S. military and private sector scramble to establish a comprehensive strategy for operating in cyberspace, its adversaries are already mobilizing organized online campaigns to disrupt the economies and governments of other nations.Rear Adm. Timothy White, commander of U.S Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force, said U.S. adversaries including China, Russia, Iran and North Korea “are doing more things and they’re doing them in more places,” White said.Nation states, rather than simply malicious hackers bent on economic gain, have…

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