Cybersecurity

Pentagon Slow to Improve Computer Defenses, Official Says

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The Defense Department is moving “way too slowly” to protect the U.S. from cyber attacks, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said today.

“We’re still vulnerable, and the pace is not adequate,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a speechBloomberg Terminal to the Air Force Associaton’s annual conference in Maryland. “I hope this isn’t one of those situations where we won’t do what we need to do until we get slammed.”