The United States must more aggressively intervene against cyber-attacks. The land that now is still too little to do, claims to general Martin Dempsey of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an important advisory body of the U.s. government.
The United States are constantly being attacked by enemy hackers, argues Dempsey. He is general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This legerorganisatie advises, among others, the American secretary of defense.
The hackers would mainly be on obtaining data. The United States are regularly hit by an attack. In July were hackers of 24,000 sensitive documents spoils of a network of a company that work on behalf of the U.s. department of defense. Recently it became known that suspected Chinese hackers had access to the aansturingssoftware of American satellites. According to the American inlichtendiensten is especially China, but also Russia for the attacks accountable.
The recent cyber attacks on the United States lead, according to Dempsey to a ‘huge intellectual loss. “We are not immune to attacks. Although we have been on top of things, we should in my opinion harder to work,” he told Reuters. How that should happen, is unclear. Earlier this year, the Pentagon already that a cyber attack from another country can be construed as an act of war. The U.s. army can say to respond by a country’s military to attack.
The United Kingdom also going to focus more on cyber-defence. The British government is investing 650 million pounds in a special program, causing more resistance can be offered against cyber attacks. In addition, the development of the British ‘new tactics, techniques and plans’ for the fight of virtual attacks. The netherlands has in this government’s term of office fifty million euro has been earmarked for the fight of cyber attacks. From January begins the ‘digital taskforce’. The army unit is charged with the conduct of a cyber-war against opponents when necessary.