{"id":163098,"date":"2016-04-26T07:42:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T05:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=163098"},"modified":"2016-04-26T07:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T05:43:44","slug":"us-launches-cyber-attacks-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/163098-us-launches-cyber-attacks-against-isis.html","title":{"rendered":"US launches cyber attacks against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USA&#8217;s\u00a0Cyber Command is launching its first attacks against ISIS, using computer-network infiltration\u00a0in a bid to stop the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/25\/us\/politics\/us-directs-cyberweapons-at-isis-for-first-time.html?_r=4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/a>, the cyber attacks will include\u00a0interrupting payments to fighters and the imitation of commanding officers.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that\u00a0Cyber Command had previously been focussed on\u00a0Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea &#8211; where cyber attacks on the USA most frequently originate.<\/p>\n<p>It has not run any significant operations against ISIS before this, and the move marks a shift in the country&#8217;s combat strategy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More security news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/162964-watch-out-for-windows-applocker-security-flaw.html\">Watch out for Windows AppLocker security flaw<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/162918-spyeye-malware-hacker-sentenced-to-15-years-in-jail.html\">SpyEye malware hacker sentenced to 15 years in jail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USA&#8217;s Cyber Command is launching its first attacks against ISIS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":89863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[36,5244,27243],"class_list":["post-163098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-active","tag-cyber-attacks","tag-isis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163100,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163098\/revisions\/163100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}