Pentagon to Create New Cyber Command

The Obama administration is about to create a new military command to bolster American offensive powers in cyberwarfare and to coordinate defenses against digital attacks, reports the Wall Street Journal. A four-star general will lead the new command, which will have responsibility for protecting the country from attacks by hackers, particularly from China and Russia.

The move to create a new "cyber command" comes a day after reports that hackers, believed to be working from China, had penetrated computer systems for the military's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter and downloaded terabytes of data. Military systems aren't the only computer networks vulnerable to attack; security of the private sector, including the electric grid and telecommunications, is currently undergoing a White House review.
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