Pentagon launches first full-scale cyberattack against Daesh

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Washington (IINA) – The Pentagon is launching its first full-scale cyber offensive against the terrorist group Daesh, The New York Times reported.
The campaign includes efforts to imitate prominent Daesh commanders online and mislead militants, as well as to interrupt and redirect electronic transfers of money used to fund the group’s extremist agenda.
To conduct the offensive, the Pentagon has created a cadre of “national mission teams” that resemble special operations forces.
The military is hoping to spread concern among Daesh members that US cyber-attacks are manipulating their data and eavesdropping on communications with potential recruits.
“We are dropping cyber bombs,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work told the Times. “We have never done that before.”
The US has struggled to counteract Daesh online. The terrorist group successfully uses online messaging platforms and social media networks to spread propaganda, radicalize foreigners and conduct its own low-scale digital disruptions through cyberattacks.
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