{"id":209562,"date":"2016-04-25T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=209562"},"modified":"2016-04-25T17:31:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:31:04","slug":"us-launches-first-cyberattacks-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=209562","title":{"rendered":"US launches its first cyberattacks against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>The US no longer thinks that it&#8217;s enough to hurt ISIS through airstrikes and cutting off propaganda channels &#8212; it&#8217;s starting a full-on digital warfare campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber Command is launching its first attacks against ISIS&#8217; digital infrastructure in a bid to disrupt its communications and other basic functions.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>New York Times<\/em> sources, this includes everything from imitating commanders to interrupting payments to fighters.<\/p>\n<p>This, in turn, could slow down ISIS as it second-guesses its moves for fear of being led into an American trap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-notMobileReferredByFbTw\">\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>This represents a big shift in strategy not just in the fight against ISIS, but for the US&#8217; approach to cyberwarfare.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the country has reserved cyberattacks for Iran, North Korea and other nations which <em>might<\/em> pose a physical threat.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve been preventative measures. Here, the military is using them as part of an active (if limited) conflict &#8212; they&#8217;re as much a weapon as a bomb or missile.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s too soon to say if these internet assaults will be effective (they may lead ISIS to harden its online security), the very fact that they&#8217;re being used at all is noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Engadget<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US no longer thinks that it&#8217;s enough to hurt ISIS through airstrikes and cutting off propaganda channels &#8212; it&#8217;s starting a full-on digital warfare campaign. Cyber Command is launching its first attacks against ISIS&#8217; digital infrastructure in a bid to disrupt its communications and other basic functions. According to New York Times sources, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":209588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}