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White House Weights Cyberattack Retaliation

  • The Hill, Friday, March 1, 2013 10:47 AM

In the wake of revelations that the United States is under siege from foreign cyber-attackers, the Obama administration is trying to figure out how to sideline such threats. “White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel on Thursday said officials might consider financial sanctions, visa restrictions and military action as tools to use against foreign hackers who target U.S. networks,” The Hill’s Hillicon Valley blog reports. “However, the U.S. is still weighing when a cyber incident will prompt a response from the federal government.”
 

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