WASHINGTON: If the Pentagon’s Cyber Command launches an online attack and nobody knows about it, does it deter anyone?
Many Americans are asking what the country’s army of cyber warriors are doing after repeated attacks on US computer systems by Chinese, Russian and other hackers.
The answer may have been in the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade’s subtle retweet on May 14 of a security firm’s scoop that ransomware extortionist Darkside had been digitally shut down.
No one knows who took control of Darkside’s servers, a week after the shady Russia-based hackers forced the closure of a major US oil pipeline, causing gasoline shortages across the Eastern US.
But suspicions are…
