By William Selway, Bloomberg
The U.S. Defense Department may use preemptive tactics, including attacks against computer networks overseas, to better protect its own technology systems, the Washington Post reported. Defense Department documents show the agency is developing weapons capabilities, including tools that would allow for the “attack and exploitation of adversary information systems” that can “deceive, deny, disrupt, degrade and destroy” data and information systems, the newspaper reported. Deployment would mark another step in the cyber-strategy outlined by Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn last week, which hinges on the “active defense” of the military’s computer systems, the newspaper reported.
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