NSA Chief Forms Group to Counter Russian Cyber Threat
- Confirms ‘Russia Small Group’ to combat cyberspace attacks
- Persistent incursions by adversies not rising to level of war
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Paul Nakasone, U.S. cyber commander and director of the National Security Agency, confirmed that he’s created a special task force to address Russian threats in cyberspace.
Russia has “great capabilities on which we will certainly be called upon,” Nakasone said late Saturday on the final day of the annual Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. “And if called upon, I think, no doubt we will ensure that we act.”