The Pentagon has considered Russia and China as the main threats in cyberspace
Moscow. September 19. INTERFAX.RU — operations of Russia in cyberspace intended to influence the US population and the challenge of democratic processes, the strategy says the U.S. Department of defense.
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The Pentagon intends to strengthen measures to ensure cybersecurity in the face of the rise of Russia and China in cyberspace, reported the Fox News channel.
The Ministry of defense strategy document in the field of cyber security, which television was able to see, says in particular: “Russia used cyberinformation operations to affect our people and challenge our democratic processes.”
As for China, the Pentagon notes that China seeks to steal confidential information from the us government and the “institutions of the private sector.”.
In these conditions, the document says, the Pentagon will increase the defense an opportunity to “break or stop malicious cyberactivity” in time of peace.
In time of war the newly formed U.S. cyber command “will be ready to operate together with the air, land, sea, and space forces” against America’s enemies.
Potential enemies of the United States in cyberspace in the document called Iran and North Korea.
See also:
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