The Pentagon is expected to declare that cyber-attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure can amount to an “act of war,” and can be responded to in a military fashion, according to a Tuesday report in the Wall Street Journal.The move is notable because it’s the first time that the U.S. has said that it could respond to hackers with traditional military force, according to the Journal.
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