Russian Hackers Attacked the Pentagon's Public Email System

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frogboy

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Some sources claim the attack came from China
NBC News is reporting that the Pentagon has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack, which it believes originates from Russia.

According to reporters, the attack was carried out on the Pentagon's unclassified email system used by Joint Staff members.

The incident was detected around July 25, and since then, the Pentagon's public email system used by 4,000 of its military and civilian staff has been shut down.


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Well Cyberwar is the next generation type of war but it can also binds on actual killing in literal especially critical system are involved.

We can compare like from Cold War before between US and former USSR.
 
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