We are a few days away from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. It should be no secret to no one that Cyber Security has been amid several controversial topics such as emails and alleged state-sponsored cyber-attacks to influence the results of this year’s presidential election. The Federal Government believes that Russia can be behind recent waves of DDoS attacks which caused internet disruptions in the Northeast region. Multiple major news outlets have now confirmed that the U.S. military has been preparing and is ready to retaliate against any possible cyber-attacks from Russia to disrupt the election next week.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-hackers-ready-hit-back-if-russia-disrupts-election-n677936
Thanks for the post Mauchel,
I thought this was a pretty interesting article as well. As other news outlets has pointed out, Russia denies any allegation of cyber attacks on U.S. Election systems. We already know that the tension between US and Russia has been escalating in recent months, and if this these threats are act upon, will it be a tipping between the US and Russia to declare war? America is not hiding the fact that it has infiltrated Russia critical infrastructure and its intention to retaliate if an attack was carried out on its election system. At what point is the response of the US be out of proportion and at what point will Russia declare it unnecessary force?