CYBERCOM disrupting Islamic State communications, networks, says Carter
The U.S. military's Cyber Command has begun using cyber attacks to disrupt the Islamic State's ability to operate and communicate over the digital battlefield, saidDefense Secretary Ashton Carter during a Monday press briefing.
The CYBERCOM-led campaign primarily aims to "cause them to lose confidence in their network, to overload their network so that they can't function and do all of these things that will interrupt their ability to command and control forces there," said Carter.
The defense secretary said the new cyber capabilities exceed the jamming used in traditional electronic warfare. While the goal is sometimes simply to disrupt, other times it's to disrupt with the goal of pushing the terrorist organization to other communication channels.
"We're trying to force them to make changes. We're trying to make them – disrupt their communications, and then we can anticipate some of the adaptations they're going to make and be a step ahead of them," said Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the press conference.
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