Pentagon computers hacked 2008

The havoc caused by agent. Strategic Command chief Gen. Kevin Chilton told a conference last May. As a result, network defense has become a top-tier issue in the armed forces.

Implementation of a new, Host-Based Security System was accelerated, for better threat detection. Information security training and patch updates are mandatory.

The Pentagon brass was already considering such a consolidation before November of Operation Buckshot Yankee turbo-charged that process — no matter who was responsible for the worm. Update: Spencer and I just got off of the phone with Lynn. I asked him about his claim that agent. But did the United States take any retaliatory measures after it established culpability?

The United States has said it would help defend Taiwan if China invaded. The report also says the PLA is "pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning short-duration, high-intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech adversaries.

Such an army, the report says, would have "the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States and field disruptive military technologies that could, over time, offset traditional U. The United States says that the lack of transparency by the Chinese on its spending poses "risks to stability by increasing the potential for misunderstanding and miscalculation," and that China has yet to explain to the international community the purpose of its military expansion, Pentagon officials said.

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