“Our goal is to have no interference in our elections,” said Air Force Maj. Gen. Tim Haugh, who heads the command’s cyber national mission force. The U.S. effort also entailed Cybercom personnel last October “direct messaging” Russian trolls as well as Russian military hackers to obliquely warn them not to interfere in other nations’ affairs. It means enabling non-Defense Department networks to protect themselves, whether they belong to private critical infrastructure operators or foreign allies. In September, Nakasone gave Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy , who heads Marine Forces Cyber Command, leadership of JTF-Ares as well as the job of coordinating the cyber effort to counter violent extremism globally. They’ve been able to maximize the use of the cyber domain to create their messages and disseminate them.”

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2019 23:42 UTC