Cyber Attack Threats Raised to U.S., Australia Treaty Status

The U.S. and Australia pledged to jointly thwart potential threats in cyberspace as they would other military attacks under their 60-year-old military treaty, as their defense and foreign ministers meet in San Francisco.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta are holding talks with their Australian counterparts, Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith, marking the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty. The agreement was signed Sept. 1, 1961, in San Francisco’s Presidio complex, where today’s meetings are taking place.