AFP
November 8, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s researchers plan to bolster their efforts to create offensive weapons for use in cyber warfare, reflecting a growing concern over digital threats, US officials said Monday.
The US government needed “more and better options” to safeguard the country from assaults on sensitive computer networks and had to invest in both offensive and defensive tools, said Regina Dugan, director of the Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
“Malicious cyber attacks are not merely an existential threat to our bits and bytes. They are a real threat to our physical systems, including our military systems,” Dugan told a conference.
“To this end, in the coming years we will focus an increasing portion of our cyber research on the investigation of offensive capabilities to address military-specific needs,” she said.
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I sooo want to tell them but it could work against our cause as well so I must stay shtum.
@dncholas
You know what bitch I havent forgotten what you said to me. So it like this I want to fight you now. How can we get together and do this I live in Arkansas. I dont know where you are but I’m willing to meet you any where. Your are coward, Internet Warrior. just like the rest of these coward ass pussies on this site. Let’s do this for real. Let me know buy repling to my commit here. I will wait for our answer. I will also put this commit on other stories, just in case you won’t read this article again.