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Secret presidential order reveals policies for waging offensive, defensive … – Washington Free Beacon

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Secret presidential order reveals policies for waging offensive, defensive …
Washington Free Beacon
President Barack Obama's internal directive on cyber warfare was disclosed in public last week, showing for the first time details of U.S. policies for waging both offensive and defensive digital operations by military forces and intelligence agencies.
Is There A Silver Lining To The President's Cyber War Policy?Forbes
Obama wants list of targets for potential cyber-attack offensiveallvoices
Obama and Xi – Hot Air and MirageAlgemeiner

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French News Report: US Government Hacked Into French Presidential Office – The Atlantic

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French News Report: US Government Hacked Into French Presidential Office
The Atlantic
Using the sophisticated Flame malware first developed to spy on and sabotage Iran's nuclear program, U.S. spymasters were able to gain almost unlimited access to the computers of senior French officials in the last days of former president Nicholas …
US suspected in malware attack on SarkozyThe Hindu
US accused of hacking office of the French presidentiT News
Expert skeptical of alleged U.S cyberattack on French computersCSO

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Presidential debate disappointing from cybersecurity perspective?

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In the third and final presidential debate, from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, the focus was supposed to be on foreign policy. When talking national security, about the military and foreign policy, it seemed like a great time to bring up cyberspace as the fifth domain for cyber-warfare and actual cyberwar, cybersecurity and cyber-weapons. Read more
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