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NSA director: U.S. needs offensive weapons in cyberwar

General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency (AFP Photo)

The United States needs to develop offensive weapons in cyberspace as part of its effort to protect the nation from cyber attacks, a senior military official said Thursday. “If your defense is only to try to block attacks you can never be successful,” General Keith Alexander, director of the National…

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Hackers shifting from ‘disruption’ to ‘destruction’: U.S. cyber chief

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WASHINGTON — Hackers are stepping up the intensity of their attacks, moving from “disruption” to “destruction” of key computer systems, the top US cyber-defense official said Monday. General Keith Alexander, who is director of the National Security Agency and commander of the US Cyber Command, told a Washington forum that…

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